Nov 14, 2024 · With the long-awaited grand opening of the permanent Hard Rock Casino in Bristol on Thursday, casino officials want visitors — whether they’re curious first-time guests or high rollers from another country — to know they’re in Bristol. “What we want people to experience when they come here is not to have the same experience as […]

Jan 3, 2025 · Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 2025 budget amendment proposal includes a one-year delay of a study that would set the wheels in motion to shift ownership of the Virginia Museum of Transportation to a state agency.

Nov 13, 2024 · After more than a decade of site work, hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local investment, and the loss of several big prospects, the Berry Hill megasite in Pittsylvania County has landed what promises to be the biggest economic development project in the region’s history.. Tennessee-based Microporous, which manufactures components for electric vehicle batteries, will bring at ...

Jan 1, 2025 · Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., issued a statement in which he praised Massengill as “a steady hand during moments of crisis.” Massengill worked for the state police from 1966 until his retirement in 2003.

Dec 23, 2024 · The warning is based on the findings of a spring 2024 review by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which took place about two months before the university announced program cuts and layoffs.

Dec 13, 2024 · Republicans in Virginia’s 10th Senate District selected Luther Cifers, a Prince Edward County businessman new to politics, as their nominee in the upcoming special election in an upset mass meeting that ran into the wee hours Saturday morning.

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Dec 11, 2024 · Interior and exterior work continues on Caesars Virginia, a week before the grand opening. Photo by Grace Mamon. General Manager Chris Albrecht said that his favorite part of the process has been watching the Caesars Virginia team be built from the ground up.

Dec 31, 2024 · A member of the General Assembly’s Legislative Black Caucus says he has ideas for immediate actions and for longer-term initiatives following an unannounced visit to Red Onion State Prison on Monday.

Oct 8, 2024 · One of Wythe County’s most far-reaching tourist attractions — and a major hub for the arts — will go up for auction in November. Whomever the new owners of the building turn out to be, Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre will honor all shows remaining in its 2024 season.