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DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) – The city of Danville has seen a complete transformation over the past couple decades. In the 1980s, Danville’s economy was booming with success from tobacco and textile industries. What’s now known as the River ...

By August, Danville will be the only place in the U.S. that manufactures hand-built electric sports cars as RBW EV Cars, based in the United Kingdom, opens its first overseas factory. To break into the U.S. market, RBW needed the help of a ...

March brings new beginnings, the arrival of spring, and the promise of warmer weather. This month is also a time of celebration as International Women’s Day is observed on March 8. In Danville, women play a vital role in leading change in our ...

City officials and developers held a ribbon-cutting Thursday for a large-scale apartment project on East Franklin Turnpike. Mayor Alonzo Jones, Danville city council members and city staff joined developers to celebrate the ribbon cutting for ...

DANVILLE, Va. – Work is underway on the site of the Microporous development in Pittsylvania County. The battery company is promising to invest more than $1 billion dollars and add more than 2,000 jobs to the community. It took decades of work to ...

The developer of an upcoming boutique hotel next to the Caesars Virginia casino resort hopes the project will be complete later this year. “We are hoping for the third quarter of 2025,” said Ed Walker, who plans to open The Laurel at 1076 W. ...

Place your bets. Caesars Virginia celebrated the grand opening of its full casino hotel resort Tuesday on the spot where the former Dan River Inc. textile mill operated for more than a century. “This incredible resort has something for ...

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Virginia has been named Business Facilities’ 2024 State of the Year, marking the third time the Commonwealth has received this top honor from the magazine. Since 2007, the State of the ...