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Once constructed, the facility in Roanoke County’s Valley TechPark near Dixie Caverns will employ 70 workers, according to project planners

From businesses opening, kidnappings, economic development  and human interest stories, 2021 has brought forth an abundance of news in the past year.

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For Winston-Salem and Forsyth County governments, much of the year revolved around the community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, whether that meant deciding on whether to hold the annual fair,

A new clubhouse for Tanglewood Park took a step closer to reality last week, as Forsyth County picked a construction manager for a project that has none of the controversy

Contributing writer An 80-year-old abandoned ice processing plant on Spruill Avenue in North Charleston is getting new life as developers have broken ground to redevelop it into a modern and flexible office park. Located just one mile away from Park Circle, the complete buildout of The Ice House at Park Circle development will add 46,000 square feet of adaptable use office space among three, two-story buildings — a renovation of the former ice processing building and two new buildings that wi...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: For the last 18-24 months, what appears to be a landfill has been growing exponentially right next to Cane Creek Road just up from Turgua Brewery. It is now 20-30 feet higher than the base. It is within 5-10 feet of Cane Creek Road and is very close to the creek itself. It seems to consist primarily of construction debris and fill dirt. Is such a use legal so close to a busy road and waterway, and, if so, ...

SC Ports opens state-of-the-art Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal South Carolina Ports made history today welcoming the first vessel to the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, marking the first container terminal to open in the U.S. since 2009. Operations launched March 30 with the arrival of the first container, followed by the first ship arrival today with Hapag Lloyd’s Yorktown Express. “The Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal is an investment in the future of South Carolina that will spur economic developme...

March 20 was a day that Simon Burgess will remember: It was the first night since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic here that all the rooms in the Hotel Indigo downtown were booked. “The restaurant has been doing really well,” he added. “It is still tough, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.” Burgess is managing director of Mayfair Street Partners, which renovated the old Pepper Building as the Hotel Indigo in 2018 and had big hotel plans for nearby Merschel ...