
Hershey expansion in Augusta County means 110 new jobs
The Hershey Company will invest $135 million to increase production capacity at its existing facility in Stuarts Draft by 90,000 square feet in a move that will create 110 new jobs.

The Hershey Company will invest $135 million to increase production capacity at its existing facility in Stuarts Draft by 90,000 square feet in a move that will create 110 new jobs.

All Interstate 64 westbound pavement rehabilitation work scheduled for June 25 and June 26 is canceled. No new date for the work has been established.

All westbound lanes on Interstate 64 will be closed at mile marker 35 in Alleghany County on Thursday for pavement rehabilitation work.

A portion of Route 759 (Oak Hill School Road) in Augusta County is scheduled to close for bridge maintenance and repairs for about seven weeks beginning Wednesday, June 3.

Motorists using Route 250 (Churchville Avenue) in Augusta County will be directed to follow a short detour around a bridge replacement project beginning Friday, June 5.

Three new temporary traffic signals are scheduled to begin operating on Wednesday, June 3, in the area of a bridge replacement project on Route 696 (Selma-Low Moor Road) in Alleghany County.

A teen from Chester, Va., was arrested after a high-speed chase that spanned Interstate 64 to Interstate 81 through Augusta County into Rockbridge County.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded an $18.2 million contract to General Excavation Inc. of Warrenton for the widening of Fairfax Pike (Route 277) in Frederick County.

Alternating lane closures are scheduled during overnight hours along a roughly 10-mile stretch of Interstate 81 northbound in Augusta County.

A significant traffic-pattern change is scheduled to begin Monday, May 18 on Route 211 in Page County.
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