Mail-order distributor Hanover Direct is laying off 189 employees from its Roanoke County distribution center, according to the Virginia Workforce Center website, which lists closures and layoffs. The layoffs at the 750,000-square-foot center on Hollins Road are effective April 27, according to the website. Hanover Direct’s brands include The Company Store, Domestications, UnderGear, Scandia Home [...]
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The Army Corps of Engineers has begun inspecting levees along the Mississippi River as part of “phase 1 flood fight” procedures triggered by the river rising above 11 feet at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans this week. The water level reached 11.93 feet on Thursday. The river is forecast to crest at 12.7 feet next week, [...]
With ground broken this month on construction of a plastic pipe manufacturing facility, Snyder’s new industrial park soon will have its first tenant. WL Plastics, which has a corporate office in Forth Worth and plants in four states and Canada, could begin operations in Snyder by May, said Bill Lavers, executive director of the Development [...]
Don’t ever let anyone tell you there isn’t power in the protest. Members of the U.S. Congress have abandoned the controversial Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) in the wake of Wednesday’s Internet blackout TAGS: censorship, Facebook, Google, online piracy, PIPA, politics, Reddit, SOPA, Wikipedia Since you’re on [...]
Community Housing Partners is offering free homebuyer education classes several times this year. Each two-night class will cover personal finance, home loans, mortgages and more. The classes will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 448 Depot St. in Christiansburg on the following dates: Jan. 24 and 26; Feb. 21 and 23; March 20 [...]