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  • Danville, VA – Danville Community College (DCC) officially celebrated the launch of its new Diesel Technology Training Program with a ribbon cutting ceremony held on October 16 at the new training location at 120 Staton Ave, Ringgold. The event brought together students, stakeholders, industry partners, and local officials to mark the beginning of a new era…

  • CHATHAM, Va. (WDBJ) – The Chatham Animal Clinic is opening a new set of doors for more paws and hooves to walk through than ever before.  Four-legged friends have been visiting the Chatham Animal Clinic since it opened in 1992. Dr. Lisa Shorter started the practice on her own, but it has since grown to over 30…

  • J&J Truck Sales to invest $5.2 million to increase refurbishing capacity and accommodate growth RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that J&J Truck Sales, Inc., a leading heavy duty truck sales and construction equipment sales and rental firm, will invest $5.2 million to expand its operation in Pittsylvania County. The company will establish a new 45,000-square-foot…

  • CHATHAM, Va. — A local purveyor of dump trucks is slated to break ground on a new facility directly adjacent to its current operation on U.S. Highway 29 in Chatham. Gov. Ralph Northam Monday announced that J&J Truck Sales, Inc. is investing over $5 million to expand operations in Pittsylvania County, a move that will…

  • December 22, 2020 51,250-square-foot Center to enhance Southern Virginia’s advanced manufacturing sector The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) has broken ground to build a 51,250-square-foot Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) on the IALR campus. The innovative CMA will offer a platform for leading-edge business success specifically targeted at manufacturing companies establishing or expanding…

  • Construction should begin on a store, a pizza restaurant and a sandwich shop next to Bojangles in Danville by the end of the year.  Paresh Suthar, owner of Super 8 in Danville and Cavalier Pharmacare in Martinsville, plans to build a strip center near Sandy Court to house an Edible Arrangements store, Which Wich and…