Board denies data center
UPDATE: The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted against a request by a company to build a data center in…
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Danville casino outpaces state
Caesar’s Virginia in Danville continues to outpace the other two casinos in the state. The Virginia Lottery released its report…
Microporous on schedule
UPDATE: Company officials with Microporous, the battery company that’s coming to Pittsylvania County, said they are still on schedule despite…
Unemployment rates rise
Unemployment in Martinsville was at 5.1% in February, up from 4.8% in January. Henry County rose from 4.4% to 4.5%…
Gas prices move lower in the past week
Average gas prices across Virginia are down by three cents this week to $3.04 a gallon, while the average price…
Largen sentenced to life
Randy Jurden Largen, 52, was sentenced to life in prison for beating Cindra Martin to death at her Lofts Apartment…
Martinsville native breaks UVA softball homerun record
Martinsville native Jade Hylton now has 37 career homeruns at UVA. That’s the program’s record. She had two home runs…
Two months left to file in Martinsville
June 17 at 7 p.m. is the deadline to apply to be on the ballot in November’s election in Martinsville.…
Data centers could overload electrical grid
35% of the world’s data centers are located in Northern Virginia. We are now seeing applications for them in this…
Businessman commits suicide after he loses civil suit
Local businessman and real estate investor Fred Wooten died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head the day after…