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Fire officials, gas companies remind propane customers of safety
ReporterA gas leak at a Danville tobacco storage warehouse was a scare employees never saw coming. "Our hose that we use to fill the forklifts had ruptured and there was a gas spill," said Richard Wells. Last Thursday worn out hose connected to a 1,000 gallon...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations, Rubber Products Industry
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Employment numbers are back to pre-recession levels in the NRV
ReporterIt looks like the economy is back on track in part of southwest Virginia. Fewer people are unemployed and a record number of jobs are being created in the New River Valley. It was less than a year ago that government officials cheered as a ribbon was...Tags: Employment, Companies and Corporations, Unemployment, Blacksburg, Employment Opportunities
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Advance Auto Parts to bring 75 new jobs to Roanoke; Company adds financial center
Advance Auto Parts will be adding 75 new jobs over the next three years as it opens a financial services customer care center to its corporate headquarters in Roanoke. The announcement came at a news conference this morning.
The company plans...Tags: Corporate Officers, Services and Shopping, Manufacturing and Engineering, Politics, Companies and Corporations
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Carilion adds third helicopter; Lifeguard 12 will be based in Lexington
Carilion Clinic announced that it will add a third medical transport helicopter to its Lifeguard fleet. This one will be based in Lexington. Carilion already operates two other medical helicopters - one in Roanoke and the other in the New River...Tags: Rockbridge County, Patrick County, Hospitals and Clinics, Companies and Corporations, Health
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Stanley Furniture considers closing Stanleytown office
Stanley Furniture Co. is looking at closing its Stanleytown office and consolidating the operation with the company's office and showroom in High Point, N.C. Stanley President Glenn Prillaman announced the proposal Friday. The consolidated office would...
Tags: Stanley Furniture Company Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia)
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Botetourt County names new administrator
A month after being asked for her resignation as Bedford County's administrator, Kathleen Guzi has been hired for the same capacity in Botetourt County. Guzi succeeds Gerald Burgess as Botetourt County's administrator. Burgess is retiring at the end of...
Tags: Politics, Finance, Elections, Bedford County (Virginia), George Mason
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Alpha Natural Resources chairman to step down
Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources says the chairman of its board of directors is stepping down.
The Bristol, Va.-based company said Tuesday that Michael J. Quillen has chosen not to stand for re-election at the company's 2012 annual meeting.
The 63-...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Companies and Corporations, Board of Directors, Energy Resources, Conservation
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Virginia Senate panel OKs budget, setting up Monday vote
Virginia's Senate expects to vote Monday to approve a version of the state budget, something it did not do during a 60-day regular General Assembly. The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved its version of a new budget Thursday, incorporating...
Tags: Politics, Finance, Elections, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Budgets and Budgeting
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UPDATED: Governor outlines his K-12 agenda this afternoon
Gov. Bob McDonnell says he will push for the repeal of a state law that requires school divisions to open
after Labor Day, saying the longstanding measure is outmoded at a time when schools should be maximizing instructional time to prepare students for...Tags: Financial Aid, Labor Day, Petersburg (Petersburg, Virginia), Lawyers, Conservation
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Two plead guilty in Kroger cardboard diversion scheme
A Waynesboro man hired to oversee cardboard recycling at a Kroger warehouse in Salem has pleaded guilty to a scheme that cost the supermarket chain about $1.6 million.
According to federal prosecutors, 39-year-old Thomas M. Faulkner pleaded guilty...Tags: Prisons, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Moving and Storage, Storage
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Stanley Furniture to move headquarters to North Carolina
Stanley Furniture Co. is moving its headquarters from Virginia to North Carolina. Consolidation of the company's Stanleytown operation with its office and showroom in High Point, N.C., is expected to be completed in early 2013. Stanley will receive...
Tags: Stanley Furniture Company Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Henry County
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Lynchburg bus company looks for new support following loss of LU funding
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefIf it wasn't for the Greater Lynchburg Transit Company, Orphus Patterson would have no way to get his groceries. "If I have to go to the store, I have to catch a bus," said Patterson, as he waited at the Plaza bus terminal Thursday. "This is the only...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Public Transportation, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Board of Directors
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