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This Virginia Town Is So Cheap, You Can Live On Nothing But Social Security

There’s a small city in Virginia where your Social Security check doesn’t just survive, it actually thrives, and its name is Hopewell. Most retirement advice sounds like it was written by someone who has never actually tried to live on a fixed income. “Downsize your expectations,” they say,...

Hopewell, VA · 18h
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Virginia’s Most Affordable City Has A Rock-Bottom Cost Of Living And Homes Around $150,000

Most cities in Virginia will take one look at your housing budget and laugh, but Danville will pull up a chair and ask how soon you can move in. Danville, Virginia is the kind of place that makes you recalibrate your assumptions about what’s possible, sitting quietly along the Dan River in the southern part of the state with home prices around $150,000 and a cost of living that makes the rest of Virginia look like it’s showing off.

Danville, VA · 3d
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WUSA9

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Huge Virginia Christmas market canceled days before it was scheduled to open

Virginia · 2d

WSET

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Families push back against proposed Dominion Energy Transmission Line Project

APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — As families in Appomattox County come to terms with a proposed data center and a separate transmission line project, more families are now raising concerns as Dominion Energy is looking to build another transmission line project in the county. Dominion Energy is proposing the...

Appomattox County, VA · 2d
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A Virginia utility fuel bill climbed 152 percent to $4.4 billion in five years, and regulators let it spread $922 million of that gap across seven years of monthly charges

A single line on a Virginia power bill, the one marked fuel, usually changes by pocket change from month to month. State regulators just approved a plan to spread an enormous shortfall across years of future charges instead of collecting it all at once. The gap did not come from...

Virginia · 2d

WSLS

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Ikenberry Orchards closing Daleville store after more than 40 years, ending 120-year family farming legacy

BOTETOURT CO., Va. – A family tradition that has been part of Botetourt County for more than a century is coming to an end. Ikenberry Orchards plans to close its retail store by the end of the year as the family prepares to retire. The orchard dates back to...

Daleville, VA · 3d

Main Street Dollars

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Virginia’s fuel assistance window for low-income households closes Friday, Nov. 13, with notices due in late December

Virginia households with low incomes have until Friday, Nov. 13 to apply for fuel assistance, the state’s help with winter heating bills. The Virginia Department of Social Services says eligibility notices go out in late December, so a household that misses the window will hear nothing until the next one. The program is one of […]

Virginia · 1d

Moneywise

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Virginia school cook, 64, skips meals and sits in the dark to save money — now her utility wants a 23% rate hike

Sherry Parsons is one of thousands of Virginia residents faced with electricity bill increases they can’t afford.

Virginia · 2d

rocktownnow.com

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Virginia women in rural medicine heal humans and animals

STAUNTON, VA (Virginia Farm Bureau) — Augusta County clinical psychologist Dr. Caitlyn Owens’ passion for “listening to, walking alongside and empowering communities” is inspiring a critical movement in agriculture. When Owens’ husband was an agriculture loan officer, he asked: “What do you do when someone talks...

Augusta County, VA · 1d

Virginia Mercury

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At SCC hearing, Virginians say Dominion-NextEra merger could mean higher bills, new risk

In downtown Richmond outside the State Corporation Commission Thursday, dozens of protestors shouted their opposition to the NextEra-Dominion Energy merger, as public testimony in the case proceeded inside the SCC courtroom.  Some demonstrators held aloft effigies of the three SCC commissioners, while others gave speeches outlining their concerns about the deal, saying it would create […]

Richmond, VA · 2d

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SABCVA Opens Applications for Part-Time Project Coordinator in Virginia

The South Asian Business Council of Virginia (SABCVA) is looking for a part-time project coordinator to help run its programs and community initiatives across Virginia. The hybrid position, based in Ashburn, will involve coordinating events and workshops, managing project schedules and working with partners, volunteers and community stakeholders. The organization...

Virginia · 11h

crozetgazette.com

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Starr Hill Joins Forces With Hardywood

Virginia’s two largest craft breweries just became one. Richmond-based Hardywood Park Craft Brewery acquired Starr Hill Brewery in an all-equity deal that closed October 1, with Hardywood pledging to keep Starr Hill’s “ownership, leadership, team, and brand identity fully intact.”. Founded as Starr Hill Brewery and Music...

Charlottesville, VA · 2d

nationalfisherman.com

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Maine, Virginia fishermen unite against further menhaden quota cuts

Commercial fishermen from Maine and Virginia are calling on fisheries managers to maintain the Atlantic menhaden quota for 2027, arguing that additional reductions could threaten fishing families and coastal communities that depend on the species. In a new video produced by the New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association (NEFSA), Maine fishermen...

Virginia · 2d

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Data Centers Are Raising Pay Across the Carolinas and Virginia. Costs Are Rising Too

Data-center construction is creating more business for construction crews, material suppliers and professional services firms across parts of the Southeast. It is also bringing higher costs that may complicate the benefits of the boom. In a new survey of 376 companies, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond found that businesses...

Virginia · 11h

cvillerightnow.com

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Gov. Abigail Spanberger previews ‘Farm and Forestry Prosperity Plan’

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – During a visit to Charlottesville on Thursday, Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Secretary of Agriculture Katie Frazier offered a preview of the “Farm and Forestry Prosperity Plan” the Governor is expected to unveil on Dec. 1. “I think it’s extraordinarily important for...

Virginia · 2d

WHSV

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Despite a dry start, corn yields are exceeding expectations

MT. CRAWFORD, Va. (WHSV) - After an uncertain beginning to the growing season due to early drought conditions, farmers were apprehensive as they planted their crops. But with consistent rain beginning in July, that apprehension soon shifted to relief. Despite the slow start, farmers are reporting above-average corn yields. Virginia...

Augusta County, VA · 1d

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Virginia Menhaden Fishery Welcomes VIMS Dean Derek Aday’s Call for Science to Guide Chesapeake Bay Decisions

Research funded by Virginia, the federal government and the industry should inform decisions before further restrictions are imposed. REEDVILLE, VA / ACCESS Newswire / November 6, 2026 / Dr. Derek Aday, director and dean of William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences, has offered a thoughtful and timely call for rigorous, unbiased science to guide decisions about Atlantic menhaden and the Chesapeake Bay.

Virginia · 2d

Realtor.com News & Insights

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Blacksburg Price Cuts Climb Well Above the National Rate

Blacksburg buyers found real negotiating power as sellers cut prices at a rate well above average.

Blacksburg, VA · 2d

Lootpress

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Local grocery store announces closure after decades of serving community

DANIELS, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Cornerstone IGA in Daniels will permanently close on November 30, 2026, after 20 years of serving the community. The grocery store announced the upcoming closure in a Facebook post on Tuesday, November 3, thanking customers and community members for their support over the past two decades. The store’s owners said the […]

Daniels, WV · 5d

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Spice Titan opens Roanoke storefront after starting at farmers’ markets

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Spice Titan, which began as a pandemic-era project at local farmers’ markets, has opened a brick-and-mortar store in Roanoke. On Here @ Home, Leah Rose discussed the journey of Spice Titan and the products sold at the shop. Her husband, Spice Titan founder Matt Rose,...

Roanoke, VA · 2d