Matt Busse

The layoffs will take effect between Aug. 31 and Oct. 31. The company, a subsidiary of Amphenol Broadband Solutions, manufactures telecommunications cables.

The utility said it plans to move the Joshua Falls substation in Campbell County. The substation would serve as one endpoint of a major electric transmission line proposal.

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David Manley will serve as the executive director of Virginia's Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, which aims to boost economic development in traditionally tobacco-dependent localities.

The electric utility said it's in talks with three dozen potential large customers, “primarily data centers,” in Virginia. It remains to be seen how many of these proposals become reality — and what impact this could have on existing customers.

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The seven plaintiffs — including a Henry County retail store — claim that after Aug. 15, much of their inventory will become illegal to sell, which will significantly harm or possibly destroy their businesses.

The expansion will more than triple the company's existing workforce while adding new advanced manufacturing equipment.

The utility plans to haul the byproducts of coal-fired electricity generation to a future landfill across the West Virginia border. Utility customers could be paying for it for more than a decade.