Business

You askede: Cigarette tax has brought in over $600K

How much revenue has the town’s cigarette tax brought in? Farmville’s 2013 decision to implement a tax on ...

Business

Sale set for Mottley Lake

The Farmville Town Council on Wednesday is slated to grant authorization to Town Manager Gerald Spates to complete ...

Business

Poorhouse Dairy wins clean water award

Poor House Dairy — consisting over 1,200 acres filled with dairy cows and hundreds of acres of crops ...

Business

Grants for Growing offered to local FFA chapters

FARMVILLE — Tractor Supply Co. has announced the national launch of the “Grants for Growing” program, which allows opportunities ...

Business

Council action set for sale of Mottley Lake

FARMVILLE — The Farmville Town Council is set to take action to sell Mottley Lake to Farmville Farms ...

Business

Davis Pontiac donates to PSR

Wayne Davis, of Davis Pontiac, recently donated $1,500 to Piedmont Senior Resources. Pictured with Davis, from left, are ...

Business

Dominion’s Project Plant It! now online

Enrollment for Project Plant It!, the free environmental education program created by Dominion Resources, is now open to ...

BREAKING NEWS

Calvary Chapel to purchase Dillwyn’s WBNN

Calvary Chapel in Lynchburg has purchased radio station WBNN, Big Country 105.3 in Dillwyn. The sale is expected ...

BREAKING NEWS

State Department picks Blackstone for foreign affairs training center

  Virginia’s congressional delegation is hailing the decision to build a foreign affairs security training center (FASTC) at ...

Buckingham

Workshop set for compressor station

A public information workshop for the proposed 40,715-horsepower natural gas-fired compressor station proposed for Buckingham County is set ...

Buckingham

A Mardi Gras Taste of Farmville

Centra Southside Community Hospital (CSCH) brought a taste of Mardi Gras and jambalaya to the Farmville Rotary Club’s ...

Business

Benchmark announces earnings

KENBRIDGE — Benchmark Bankshares Inc., the hold-ing company for Benchmark Community Bank, announced earnings of $6,327,895, or $1.23 ...

Business

Mixed views about bills to increase alcohol sales

By Matt Chaney Capital News Service Virginia restaurant owners have mixed perspectives on legislation that would allow their ...

Business

Fuller is Virginia Forestry Association president

Brad Fuller, of Prince Edward County, is currently serving as president of the Virginia Forestry Association.  Founded in ...

Buckingham

Farmville employment office will close on Feb. 24

The Farmville branch of the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), located at 221 Sunchase Blvd. in Farmville, will close ...

Business

Christmas Mother program established

Farmville’s Christmas Mother project is coming up roses. The Farmville Junior Woman’s Club (FJWC) spearheaded a Christmas distribution ...

Business

No speakers at Mottley Lake hearing

No one spoke on Monday during a public hearing held by the Farmville Town Council on the sale ...

Business

County will erect shell building

The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors has agreed to lend $350,000 to the county’s industrial development authority (IDA) ...

Business

Centra welcomes bariatric surgeon

Centra is welcoming Dr. Joshua Alley to offer bariatric surgery — which is weight loss surgery — to ...

Business

Ribbon cutting held for The Hive

A ribbon cutting was held recently for The Hive at SunChase on High Street. The Hive is Sunchase ...

Business

Benchmark names YES winner

Nikki Morrison, right, of Benchmark Community Bank, presents Sabra Joy Wells with a certificate for being the YES ...

Business

Council adopts Tourism Zone Ordinance

FARMVILLE — The Farmville Town Council has adopted a Tourism Zone Ordinance — which is a required step to ...

Buckingham

Fire temporarily closes Sprouse’s Garage

DILLWYN — Sprouse’s Garage could be closed up to four months following a fire that occurred on Jan. 12. ...

Buckingham

Chamber hands out top honors

  Tanner Wise and Moss Motor Co. Inc. took home the first-ever Youth Achievement Award and Business of ...

Business

Farmville Farms set to purchase Mottley Lake

Why is Farmville selling Mottley Lake? The Town of Farmville doesn’t need the property surrounding Mottley Lake in ...

Business

Tenaska accepting college scholarship applications

BUCKINGHAM — Tenaska Virginia Partners, L.P., owner of TenaskaVirginia Generating Station near Scottsville, is sponsoring a $1,000 academic ...

Business

Ribbon cutting held for Vellie’s Boutique

Vellie’s Boutique at Poplar Hall on Main Street held a grand opening and ribbon cutting recently. Pictured are, ...

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