
Virginia: Unemployment rate falls to 2.8 percent
Virginia has good employment news to share ahead of the holidays, with a report Friday having the unemployment rate dropping a tenth of a point, to 2.8 percent.

Virginia has good employment news to share ahead of the holidays, with a report Friday having the unemployment rate dropping a tenth of a point, to 2.8 percent.

One of the biggest concerns that prospective homeowners are confronted with along their financial journey is determining how much of a down payment that they will need.

President Trump signed into law a compromise package that includes Virginia priorities championed by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA).

PRA Group Inc., a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, will make a capital investment of $15.1 million to establish a new call center in the City of Danville.

YakAttack, a leading manufacturer of kayak fishing gear and rigging, will relocate and expand its production facility in Prince Edward County.

Essel Propack, a global specialty packaging company serving the consumer goods and pharmaceutical sectors, will invest $31.2 million to expand its manufacturing facility in the City of Danville.

The U.S. Senate passed a compromise package that includes Virginia priorities championed by U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA).

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) sent a letter to Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority (RRHA) requesting information about a resolution to the serious rodent infestation in an apartment in Whitcomb Court.

The University of Virginia’s public radio station, WTJU 91.1 FM, will soon be moving to its biggest and best location in its six decades of broadcasting to the Charlottesville community.

Health effects and costs in the form of respiratory and cardiovascular illness can be linked to fires as far as 200-300 miles from the smoke-impacted area, according to research from Klaus Moeltner of Virginia Tech.
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