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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 · 2d
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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 · 1d
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mindfullyamerican.com

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12 Things That Make Northern Virginia and the Rest of Virginia Feel Like Different States

Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, which is a lot of servers for one corner of one state. Drive to Buchanan County in the southwest, and fewer households have broadband and more of your neighbors are 65 or older. Here’s how Northern Virginia compares with...

Virginia · 6d
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Virginia oyster farms devastated by “Mahogany Tide”

Virginia’s oyster industry is reeling from millions of dollars in losses after a widespread harmful algae bloom, known as a “Mahogany Tide,” swept through portions of the Chesapeake Bay this summer. Watermen and aquaculture producers report that the rust-colored bloom caused significant oyster mortality, with estimates placing...

Virginia · 3d
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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 · 1d

Cardinal News

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Appalachian Power asks to charge customers for nuclear reactor site development

If the request is approved, the average residential customer's monthly bill would rise by $1.98 for a year. The post Appalachian Power asks to charge customers for nuclear reactor site development appeared first on Cardinal News .

Campbell County, VA · 2d

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Ryan Homes to build new homes in Roanoke after hand-off from ABoone Real Estate

For the past few years ABoone Real Estate has moved away from the full cycle of residential development, from planning through construction, focusing now on site preparation and any zoning issues – then handing off the actual building of houses to publicly-traded Ryan Homes, a northern Virginia-based developer that operates in many markets and can purchase construction materials in bulk at lower prices. The Wilton South subdivision of single-family detached homes that Ryan Homes will now develop after ABoone did the early prep work are priced from around $700,000 and up. Alexander Boone, President of ABoone Real Estate at a ribbon cutting today in Roanoke City, just off Franklin Road:

Roanoke, VA · 2d

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Christmas Market at New Dulles Expo Center Is Canceled

Bad news for holiday shoppers: The 33rd annual Northern Virginia Christmas Market planned for November 6 to 8 at the new Dulles Town Center expo space is canceled. The market’s events management group posted the update on Facebook. “Dulles Town Center management informed us today that the venue will not have the required permits in time to host our event,” the post says. “We are deeply disappointed, as we know many of you looked forward to shopping with our talented artisans this weekend.”

Virginia · 3d

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‘We’re All Commercial Fishermen’: Maine and Virginia Stand Together on Menhaden

NEFSA video highlights a healthy fishery and the people, livelihoods, and communities affected by proposed cuts. WASHINGTON, D.C. / ACCESS Newswire / November 5, 2026 / Fishermen from Maine and Virginia are standing together in support of a healthy Atlantic menhaden fishery, calling on fisheries managers to maintain the coastwide quota after a 20% reduction took effect this year.

Maine · 1d

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Most localities with the school sales tax ballot initiative... rejected it

Some voters in Virginia approved of increasing their local sales tax to finance school construction. But... most jurisdictions rejected the ballot initiative. Voters in Charlottesville approved of allowing a local sales tax increase to fund school construction. So did voters in Richmond, Winchester and Fairfax City among others. But they were in the minority. Most jurisdictions that had the school construction tax referendum on the ballot rejected it. Wes Bellamy at Virginia State University says there's one obvious difference between the localities that approved and the ones that rejected.

Virginia · 1d

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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 · 1d

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Ahold Delhaize braces for impact of cybersecurity incident

Ahold Delhaize USA’s e-commerce operations powered its latest financial results, as the grocer reported a 14.2% increase in digital sales in its third quarter, the grocer reported Wednesday. Comparable-store sales excluding gas for ADUSA continued to struggle during Q3, however, increasing just half a percentage point. Net sales ticked...

Roanoke, VA · 3d

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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 · 8h

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The 540: Garden Variety Harvest’s New Crop Shop Brings Local Groceries to Roanoke

ROANOKE, Va. – Finding affordable, locally grown groceries in a city can be difficult, but Crop Shop at Lick Run Farm provides a solution. The shop is the newest step for Garden Variety Harvests, which has been a staple on Tenth Street in Roanoke for the past five years. This September, the business opened Crop Shop, a new storefront designed to bring the farm’s produce and other regional farmers products to the neighborhood.

Roanoke, VA · 2d

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As Americans get older, the need for ‘aging-ready’ homes grows

ROANOKE, Va. (InvestigateTV) - America’s population is aging and a recent study found there may not be enough senior-friendly homes to meet demand. In 2019, one in six Americans were 65 or older and by 2060 it will be one in four. A 2019 U.S. Census data analysis found...

Roanoke, 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 · 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 · 21h

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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 · 1d

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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 · 1d

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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 · 13h