
Cellular Sales to expand workforce in Virginia
Cellular Sales, the nation’s largest Verizon premium wireless retailer, is announcing its plans to greatly expand its workforce in Virginia this year.

Cellular Sales, the nation’s largest Verizon premium wireless retailer, is announcing its plans to greatly expand its workforce in Virginia this year.

The Atlanta Braves have made a minor league coaching move. Effective immediately, Carlos Mendez has assumed the duties of hitting coach for the Lynchburg Hillcats. He takes over for John Moses, who has been named the hitting coach for the Braves’ Double-A affiliate, the Mississippi Braves.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced today that Teleperformance, the global leader in outsourced multichannel customer experience management, will establish a new customer service center in Henrico County, bringing 500 new jobs to the region.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner announced that the National Retail Federation will establish an information sharing platform to allow the retail industry to coordinate with law enforcement agencies and partners in the financial services sector to more efficiently access information on cybersecurity threats.

I continue to believe last October’s federal government shutdown was an affront to the taxpayers and our federal workforce, and it represented a self-inflicted wound that caused additional damage to our fragile economic recovery.

Nine professional Virginia truck drivers were crowned 2014 “Champions of the Highway” at the 63rd annual Virginia Truck Driving Championships held April 11 and 12 at the Lee Hi Travel Plaza in Lexington, Va.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe today announced a research collaboration with NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton to engage students, recent graduates, early career professionals, and veterans to work on applied Earth science research projects to benefit the Commonwealth.

They don’t want to hear this from me; they don’t want to hear it from anybody, really. But it needs to be said: Virginia House Republicans would be wise to pick another battle, because the Medicaid expansion fight is lost.

Chris Dillow Waynesboro, Va., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win the first Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division tournament of 2014 on Smith Mountain Lake. For his victory, Dillow earned $6,796.

The national average for a gallon of gas continues to edge higher, although it remains at the low-end of AAA’s forecast to begin the year.
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