News Releases

HONAKER, VA – FEBRUARY 25, 2021 -- When welding services are needed, it’s not always convenient to have to take the piece of equipment or item into the shop to have it fixed. That’s where Nxtgen Mobile Welding Services, LLC comes in. Antony Chestin Wright, of Honaker,...

COUNCIL, VA – FEBRUARY 22, 2021 -- Buchanan County’s industrial park building at Council, Va. will soon be home to a new business as Maine Five locates its new sewing factory at the park, bringing with it up to 100 new jobs within five years including 12 new jobs to...

LEBANON, VA – FEBRUARY 18, 2021 -- Outgoing Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) board member Harry Childress was recognized for his service to the VCEDA board and Southwest Virginia during  Thursday’s meeting of the board. Childress, whose most...

LEBANON, VA – FEBRUARY 16, 2021 -- An up to $900,000 loan to be used by the Russell County Industrial Development Authority to acquire and develop the Russell Place building and site in Lebanon was closed last week by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development...

PENNINGTON GAP, VA – FEBRUARY 4, 2021 -- It was a discussion one day with their grandchildren that led Janice and Taylor Scott, of Pennington Gap, to open Nana’s Country Kitchen, LLC. As their grandchildren talked about their memories of sharing food and fun at...

GRUNDY, VA – JANUARY 28, 2021 --  Up to 110 new jobs will be coming to the Southern Gap area of Buchanan County, Va., this spring as the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) relocates and expands its customer service call center in Buchanan County and adds new jobs....

WISE, VA – JANUARY 27, 2021 -- Unique and locally created items are among the goods found at Mercantile on Main Inc. at 215 E. Main Street, Suite B in Wise. Jessee and Ashley DeLoach decided to open the business to help local shop owners find a way to market their...

LEBANON, VA – JANUARY 25, 2021 -- While fishing and fish farming have been ongoing in the region for years, an up to a $500,000 loan from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) will be assisting in the expansion of Riverbound Trout Farms, LLC as...

WISE, VA – JANUARY 20, 2021 -- An up to $50,000 grant to modernize the Wise County and City of Norton Land Records  data system and to develop a workforce training program associated with it, was closed recently by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority...

TAZEWELL, VA – JANUARY 18, 2021 -- An up to a $100,000 grant from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) Tourism Capital Improvement Matching Grant Fund was closed recently for the Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park in Tazewell...

ST. PAUL, VA – JANUARY 15, 2021 -- Some 73 new jobs will be coming to Russell County soon, with the announcement that Rambler Wood Products will establish a new value-added wood products manufacturing facility in the former Bush Furniture Industries building in St....

ST. PAUL, VA – DECEMBER 23, 2020 -- An up to $100,000 grant to the Town of St. Paul Industrial Development Authority to be used on the Phase II redevelopment of the historic Lyric Theater in St. Paul was closed recently by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development...

LEBANON, VA – DECEMBER 17, 2020 -- While 2020 has had many challenges, the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) noted this week that despite those obstacles, through new projects and expansions in Southwest Virginia’s e-Region announced during the...

GRUNDY, VA – DECEMBER 15, 2020 -- A resolution stressing the importance of the Coalfields Expressway as “absolutely critical to the economic development and diversification of” the far Southwest Virginia region was adopted Tuesday by the Virginia Coalfields Expressway...

LEBANON, VA – NOVEMBER 19, 2020 -- A $1 million Renewable Energy Fund was established Thursday by the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) from coal tax credit funds. The VCEDA board met in Lebanon where it approved the establishment of the fund...

BLUEFIELD, VA – NOVEMBER 16, 2020 -- As Collin O’Donnell prepares to graduate from Bluefield College next month with his Bachelor's degree, the Buffalo, NY, native already has plans to pursue his Master’s Degree at his alma mater and to continue to operate the new...