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Its delivery gross bookings grew a massive 130 per cent to reach $10.05 billion in the fourth quarter — reaching $44 billion annual bookings run-rate — while mobile gross bookings were down 50 per cent to $6.79 billion.

The first Chick-fil-A in Paris opened Thursday in a brand new, sleek building off of Lamar Avenue and hungry customers began lining up in cars before the chicken chain opened

One-time hazard pay is on its way to almost 26,000 aides for home health care and personal care attendants who serve elderly and disabled Virginians in their homes. However, the General Assembly still must decide whether to raise reimbursement rates for serving Medicaid recipients to help offset pending increases in the minimum wage and, if so, by how much. The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, the administrator of the state’s Medicaid program, last week approved $42.5 mi...

Virginia, for those paying attention to social and fiscal matters, took a huge first step Friday toward joining the growing conga line of states blazing away — and raking in

Ness Funeral Home was founded in 1950 by Ralph Ness to guide families through the funeral services of deceased loved ones. In 1992, Ness sold the business to Joe Sibley

SALEM — A new report from Portland State University shows that an avalanche of looming evictions across Oregon could come with an eye-popping cost to society — $3.3 billion.

HANNIBAL — The United Way of the Mark Twain Area looked back on a year filled with hope, setting up an emergency COVID-19 Response Fund to meet local needs and receiving donations for the 2020-2021 Be a Hero Campaign during a year unlike any other. Denise Damron, executive director of the United Way of the Mark Twain Area, kicked off the virtual look back at noon Wednesday on YouTube. The video showed how the United Way and partner agencies made a difference throughout the year — made...

Napa County producers crushed just over 98,000 tons of wine grapes in 2020, down from almost 160,000 in 2019. Average price per ton fell 21% year over year.

In November of 2020, the state of New York released its regulations concerning hemp, and much to the surprise and chagrin of hemp farmers in the state, the new regulations outlawed the sale of industrial hemp flower. The hemp flower market is lucrative for farmers, and many small, independent operations in the state grow specifically for the flower market. And just as their harvest was coming in last year, farmers were aghast when the state shut down the market and the revenue potential farmers...

Valley Metro’s bus station project won’t clash with the historic character of the section of downtown Roanoke chosen for the project, preservation regulators say. The appraisal by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources increases the likelihood that construction of two terminal buildings and an outdoor boarding area will begin later this year. Had the project posed a risk to nearby historic buildings in the eyes of regulators, that finding could have triggered delays and costs t...