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July 9, 2024

Launch Place gets state support

(Danville) — A Danville-based venture development firm is getting some state help.  The Launch Place has been named a Technical Assistance Grant Program provider by the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority. The Launch Place will get up to a million dollars to offer legal, accounting, and financial advisory services to companies preparing for support from... Read More
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July 9, 2024

RIFA approves battery storage facility at Berry Hill

    (Danville) — Local planners have cleared the way for a battery storage facility at the Berry Hill Mega Park.   The Danville Pittsylvania County Regional Industrial Facility Authority Monday unanimously approved a lease agreement with Strata Solar. It covers 85-acres on Lot 6 of the Southern Virginia Megasite, next to an AEP substation.  Strata... Read More
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July 9, 2024

County advertises Administrator position

    (Chatham) — Pittsylvania County is now officially in the market for a new full-time administrator.  The county formally posted the opening Monday afternoon.      The position opened up two months ago when former Administrator Stuart Turille suddenly resigned at the end of a Board of Supervisors meeting. He had been on the job less... Read More
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July 8, 2024

Danville tourism ambassador program launched

(Danville) — Danville Tourism officials have launched an effort to get more people involved in welcoming folks to the region.  Tourism Director Lisa Meriwether tells River City TV the program, called, “I Am Tourism,” will give locals in-depth knowledge of attractions, dining, shopping, and lodging options in Danville and Pittsylvania County.  This will create “tourism... Read More
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July 8, 2024

Developers prepare next step in Berry Hill road project

    (Danville) — Local economic developers are ready to dot I’s and cross T’s on a plan to widen a road serving the Berry Hill Megapark.       The Danville-Pittsylvania County Regional Industrial Facility Authority will vote this week on easements and the moving of signs to allow crews to widen state Route 311. The... Read More
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July 5, 2024

Violence concerns shelve development project

    (Danville) — Ongoing violence at a North Danville housing complex has forced a developer to ditch plans for a large assisting living community.      Earlier this week Showcase reported on a request from Joe Cubas to rezone a seven-and-a-half acre wooded lot off Piney Forest Road, near Nor-Dan Shopping Center, to build a 174-unit... Read More
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July 4, 2024

Teens charged following chase, river search

(Danville) — Three teenagers are in custody after a wet pre-dawn police chase.  Just before five o-clock Wednesday morning Danville Police were called to Hermitage Drive in the Cedarbrook area on a report of multiple people breaking into vehicles. Officers saw three people jump out and run away from a running vehicle. That vehicle was... Read More
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July 4, 2024

Local jobless rates tick upward

(Richmond) — Local unemployment rates are up over the past month, but mostly holding steady from a year ago.   The May report from the Virginia Employment Commission shows Danville with a 4.7% jobless rate.  That’s up sharply from April, but up only slightly from the same month a year ago.   On the down... Read More
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July 4, 2024

Keeling murder suspect ruled competent

    (Chatham) — Five years after a high-profile triple homicide in Pittsylvania County, the suspect has been found competent to stand trial.      A judge heard testimony from mental health experts in the case of 22-year old Matthew Bernard. On nine previous occasions, he had been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial for the 2019... Read More
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