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The Virginia Municipal League has named Project Imagine – a program designed to give gang-affiliated youth a future off the streets – as the winner of its President’s Award, which is the top award for innovative solutions by a local government.

Fundraising efforts for the Riverfront Park project will have its official kickoff at Danville’s annual Glow with the Flow race and block party Oct. 18.

The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville has figured in Danville’s economic comeback. Our editorial at left looks at why the city has been singled out for national praise recently, and what lessons that holds for other communities.

Rick Barker, owner of Mucho Taqueria and Tequileria on Craghead Street, plans to open a second eatery behind that restaurant and has sights set for a third next year.

Previously in this series: why the ups and downs of economic history have left the southern Virginia town of Danville with a genuine problem (what to do after its big mills closed), but also a significant advantage (the physical infrastructure ...

From paddling to cocktails, mountain biking to fine dining, the Southside Virginia city of Danville offers plenty of attractions for a long weekend escape.

Factory towns face problems when the factories shut down. Everyone has heard versions of that story—involving steel and auto plants in the Midwest, sawmills in the Northwest, coal mines in Appalachia or copper mines in the Southwest, other ...

According to the Danville Police Department, the first four months of 2019 have been among the safest on record. The murder rate is down by 33% from last year; robberies have decreased 73%; and aggravated assaults with firearms have dropped 70%.