Lynchburg

Opponents warn city services may also suffer.

For twenty years, Democrats controlled city council in Lynchburg, but last fall Republicans elected three new members, giving them a majority. Democrats feared they be outvoted at every turn, but it now appears Republicans on the board are at war with each other over a fundamental question – when and how much to cut taxes.

A Dominion official tells RadioIQ they expect SMR’s to become an important part of the grid in about a decade. He says the company is currently considering locations and designs.

BWXT Advanced Technologies is a leader in nuclear design and manufacturing. And some day that expertise may just help an astronaut make it to Mars.

Some localities in the Central Virginia health District are hitting positivity rates of 25% and daily case averages that are the highest since the start of the pandemic.

Two health care systems that serve parts of western Virginia are postponing elective and non-emergency surgeries as more COVID-19 patients come to their hospitals.

The main healthcare provider in the Lynchburg area will require all of its 7,600 employees to get vaccinated by November 1st. Meanwhile, The New River Health District has begun rolling out vaccine booster doses to immunocompromised individuals following federal approval last week.

The number of new COVID-19 cases in the Roanoke Valley continued to rise over the past week, though the increase was not as steep as previous weeks.The…

The number of people hospitalized in western Virginia for complications related to COVID-19 continues to drop.The hospitals that serve the New River and…

The number of COVID-19 cases in the Roanoke region continues to climb. And health officials say the surge is impacting their ability to investigate and…