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BLACKSBURG — Grain farmers work hard to combat crop diseases, spending valuable time, money and other resources in those efforts. One Pittsylvania County young farmer’s innovative project has garnered Virginia wheat growers’ attention. Megan ...

Danville City Council voted to enter into a purchase power agreement for wind energy. Council unanimously agreed during its meeting Tuesday night to authorize the city manager to enter into the three-year agreement with American Municipal Power ...

For the second year in a row, Danville’s River District Association is a semifinalist for the national Great American Main Street Award – the only semifinalist from Virginia. The award is given by Main Street America, an organization that has ...

The Danville Treasurer’s Office received its accreditation from the Treasurers’ Association of Virginia on June 13. The accreditation program is a voluntary professional certificate program overseen by the Treasurers’ Association of Virginia. ...

Growing. Boring. Crime. Home. Those are the four words that most likely come to mind among residents to describe Danville, according to a regional tourism branding survey. “You see some positive and not-so-positive words in there,” Eddy ...

With enrollment up year-over-year, Danville Community College has reversed an ongoing trend that predates the pandemic. While COVID-19 dealt a blow to systems of higher education across the state and nation, a slip in enrollment was playing out ...

Accolades continue stacking up for Averett University. On Monday, the Danville school landed in the top 25 of the 2022-23 Best Regional Colleges in the South in a list released by the U.S. News & World Report. Averett was the highest-ranking ...

Ahead of a full fall state of activities, the Danville Science Center set a record for visitors in the summer months. Over June, July and August, a total of 17,057 visitors toured the science-themed museum in Danville’s River District, an ...