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With state tax exemptions for data centers in place, the Colorado-based company plans to locate in Southside.

Plus: A local relief center plans for capital improvements, Pittsylvania pushes against an effort to minimize tree removal at anticipated micro-resort, and a music series begins in Danville’s River…

Tatia Granger, a native of the Roanoke Valley, will be the university’s first Black president.

The county’s comprehensive plan has not been thoroughly updated since 2010, and the zoning code has not had a rewrite since 1991 — with no guidance for battery storage facilities, solar proje…

The shelter received seven citations after a November report by state inspectors, but there was no monetary penalty.

Plus: Workshops for small-business owners start this week, and the Danville City Council will consider funding a substation at the former Morgan Olson facility.

Sens. Lucas and Locke said they are working to ensure that data centers “pay their fair share.”

The secretary of health and human services toured two Southside facilities and spoke about the future of rural healthcare.

The organization’s membership and community engagement stalled years ago; a handful of members are working to change that. 

Danville Area Humane Society has no barriers to acceptance, but kill rate controversy is now boiling over.