
Study finds increased traffic deaths are downside to improving economy
A new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that an increase in traffic deaths is a predictable downside to an improving economy.

A new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that an increase in traffic deaths is a predictable downside to an improving economy.

Virginia has moved up six places to number seven in CNBC’s Best States for Business 2017, which was released today.

Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative wants to help members keep their bills as low as possible as temperatures rise this week.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will invest $9.5 million in its medical device manufacturing operation in Frederick County.

AAA projects 1.2 million Virginians will travel to celebrate Independence Day this year. The 2017 travel forecast is the highest since 2001.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, comments on the Committee’s Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.

Unanet will invest $1.67 million to expand its operation in Loudoun County.

Legislation introduced in Congress would reauthorize the Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails program run by the National Park Service.

The Commonwealth of Virginia’s gross state product was last measured at $480 billion (November 2016).

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that the 2017 Virginia Women Veterans Summit will be held Friday in Chesapeake.
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