MELD Print Works is building a new facility in Montgomery County, a move the company says is critical to its growth and will bring new jobs to the area.
Virginia has been awarded a federal grant worth up to $50 million to improve transmission lines in the central part of the state, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced Friday.
The announcement ends weeks of speculation around the 94-acre site at the Interstate 81/581 junction, jointly owned by Roanoke, Roanoke County, and Salem.
On Wednesday, IcePlex Management Company, a local nonprofit is meeting with local stakeholders as they look to build a new multi-sheet hockey rink in Salem.
WDBJ7 spoke with six of the seven candidates running for Roanoke City Council. They shared their views on the city’s population growth rate and outlined ways they would work to make the city a more attractive place to move to.
The companies behind the project say it is needed to meet Virginia’s growing power needs, even though every county the line would cross has passed a resolution opposing it.
A rezoning request that would allow up to 349 homes on the historic Fotheringay property in Elliston goes before the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors next week.
The Blue Ridge Land Conservancy received a $50,000 grant from the Conservation Fund to produce a new community-driven plan for the Evans Spring property.
A proposed 115-mile transmission line would run through central Virginia, starting in Campbell County. The Valley Link project has residents like Becky Nix worried about impacts to the environment that draws countless visitors to her business.
Leaders say the rejected agreement would have allowed the data center project to move forward without further input from Galax, Grayson, or Carroll counties.
On the agenda was whether to amend the Wildwood Commerce Park agreement and shift decision-making power to the Blue Ridge Crossroads Economic Development Authority, leaving the county with less input on an $11 billion data center proposal for the park.
Neighbors in Bedford oppose a plan to build about 100 townhomes in their community. A developer wants to build the homes on nine acres off Jeter Street.
The Virginia Department of Transportation is preparing to change several intersections along Route 460 in the Bonsack area of Botetourt and Roanoke counties.
A new travel center is planned for Exit 105 along I-81 near Radford, aiming to address a shortage of truck parking along the corridor while boosting the city’s tax base.
According to the purchase and sale agreement, the buyer and seller entered into a nondisclosure agreement in 2024, but records show the confirmed buyer was not legally established until 2026.
A month of public protest and growing demands for transparency reached Roanoke City Council chambers Monday night, marking the first council meeting since a controversial land deal at the Wood Haven Technology Park became public.
Funding for transportation projects through the Smart Scale program could drop temporarily by around 51% and construction awards to localities could be impacted.
