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A new trolley bus route is coming to Danville next month. Starting Aug. 4, the service will be available 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every Saturday and 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. the first Friday of each month. The Mainline trolley bus route will run from Ballou ...

Two new projects were approved by the River District Design Commission recently, and while details have not been released, this adds two more properties to those under development in the district. The 9,900-square-foot former warehouse at 534 ...

Another new business is close to opening in the River District: Cottontail Weddings & Events. Owner Matthew Switick said he expects the construction — which is in its finishing phase, with air conditioning being installed last week — to be ...

Amid reassurances from our hosts that Virginia’s weather isn’t usually overcast, rainy and chilly in the middle of May, I and three other media guests traveled town to town for three days visiting, all in all, 10 manufacturers, industry ...

Another new business has joined the growing River District with Snipz Hair Studio holding a grand opening celebration Monday at 326 Main St. Danville Mayor John Gilstrap welcomed Angel Mac to downtown, noting a drive through the River District ...

Highways signs reading “Future I-785 Corridor” have been reinstalled along the U.S. 29 bypass from the Virginia-North Carolina border to its intersection at U.S. 58. State and local officials unveiled the sign during a ceremony Tuesday morning ...

A second business has signed a purchase agreement for acreage in the Berry Hill Industrial Park, the Regional Industrial Facility Authority announced at a meeting Monday. Enviva Development Holdings LLC has signed an agreement to buy a 168-acre ...

The Noblis Center for Applied High Performance Computing — a high-tech supercomputer company at 527 Bridge St. — announced Monday it has signed a second five-year lease to continue doing business in Danville. The company plans to install the ...