The Blacksburg Museum hosts a holiday open house today (Friday, Dec. 17) from 2-6 p.m. (more…)

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that Dove Vinyl Windows will invest $2 million to open a manufacturing operation in Pulaski County. The project will create 100 new jobs.

Speaking about today’s announcement, McDonnell said, “Dove Vinyl Windows has come a long way from the small company founded in Pennsylvania 65 years ago. Pulaski County is a strategic location for the company’s first Virginia operation, offering an available manufacturing facility that meets the company’s needs. The new location provides competitive advantage for Dove to meet its customer’s timelines from product manufacture to order delivery. I congratulate Pulaski on 100 new jobs and its newest corporate partner.” (more…)

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell issued the following statement today regarding the ruling by Judge Henry E. Hudson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia that Section 1501, the Minimum Essential Coverage Provision, commonly referred to as the “individual mandate,” of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is unconstitutional. (more…)

Gov. Bob McDonnell released the Multimodal Strategic Plan for the Commonwealth of Virginia today at the Governor’s Transportation Conference in Roanoke. This plan will guide policy making for the Commonwealth’s transportation agencies to achieve a unified vision and goals for multimodal planning in Virginia. (more…)

Nia Indelicato was named executive director of Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley earlier this year.  She was selected from among several finalist candidates interviewed by the Board of Directors.

LVNRV is a United Way agency that provides free, private tutoring for adults who read or write at or below the fourth grade level and for adults whose first language is not English. Using a simple service model, LVNRV matches caring adult tutors with learners in the NRV who wish to improve their English conversational, reading, and writing skills.  (more…)

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell issued the following statement this afternoon regarding today’s announcement by the Obama Administration that no exploration and development of offshore oil and natural gas resources off the coast of Virginia will be allowed to move forward for at least the next seven years. The Obama Administration further blocked any exploration and development of offshore oil and natural gas resources in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and off the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts during that same period. (more…)