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The October gathering gives community advocates a chance to follow development discussions alongside industry and local officials.
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Paul Totten takes charge of Danville’s Adult Detention Center
The appointment became effective September 16. Clear public information will be a useful part of following the leadership transition.
Riverfront mural dedication is set for September 25
The River’s Radiance adds a new work to Memorial Drive. The announced ceremony offers a chance to see it with its creator.
The 18–7 team that added to Gretna’s championship story
A legislative record gives the Lady Hawks their own place in local sports memory—and invites a broader understanding of success.
A September anniversary leads back to Booker T. Washington’s Virginia birthplace
Washington delivered his Atlanta Exposition address on September 18, 1895. Reading the speech alongside the story of his Franklin County birthplace makes a familiar name harder to reduce to a slogan.
At the Taubman, neighborhood art offers a reason to slow down
A September exhibition created with Roanoke’s Southeast community sits alongside an exploration of gilded icons, offering two ways to think about what people choose to honor.
At Avoca, an Altavista house opens onto a larger history
The Queen Anne house dates to 1901, but Avoca’s story reaches beyond architecture—to earlier residents, enslavement, preservation and the work of recovering individual lives.
At Smith Mountain Lake, releasing a striped bass is not always the kinder choice
DWR’s warm-season guidance asks anglers to think beyond the moment a fish swims away. The lake’s striped-bass fishery depends on stocking and careful management.
The Buildings That Kept Southside Working
Country stores, tobacco warehouses and a mill village preserve a history of work that extends far beyond the factory gate.
How Black Southside Made Room for Community
A Chatham business, a Danville neighborhood, a library and a county high school reveal the practical work behind belonging.
After Tobacco, Building What Comes Next
The path from settlement money to technical training shows why an economic transition is measured in years—and why announcements need follow-through.
The first crown: Rico Reynolds, Vic Hall and Gretna’s 2003 breakthrough
The Hawks’ first football championship belongs to a whole team, with names and performances worth remembering.
Twenty-eight straight: Gretna’s 2004 title and the community that followed
A state resolution preserves a perfect season, a 40–14 championship victory and thousands of traveling supporters.
Defense and the ground game: how Gretna secured its fifth football title
The 2011 Hawks beat Goochland 21–16, adding another championship under Kevin Saunders.
Hurt's growth story begins with a town and its neighbors
The town's own introduction connects residential life with regional economic cooperation.
A depot saved for the next generation of researchers
Chatham's History Research Center gives a former railway building a continuing public purpose.
Keep playing, coach a team or work the game: Danville’s adult sports routes
Adult basketball, soccer, softball and kickball sit beside coaching and paid officiating opportunities.
Motley's Mill: where water powered work and community life
A Banister River landmark connects industry, recreation and religious life.
Southside High School's legacy reaches beyond the classroom
William S. Turner, teachers and students built an educational legacy under segregation.
Before the archive goes digital, Northside alumni already did the work
The Northside alumni souvenir book preserves a community's names and memories.
Gretna's Vivian Taylor turns a summer internship into research experience
The CEA Innovation Center documents a local student's work in applied plant research.
Gretna Community Council meeting listed for September 14
Danville Regional Foundation lists an evening meeting at Elba Missionary Baptist Church.
Karice Luck-Brimmer to explore Cherrystone's community history
A January program will examine churches, burial grounds and early education.
October Career ChoICE expo connects students with work they can see
The 2026 event is listed at the Olde Dominion Agricultural Complex.
Two September workshops put business planning and websites on the calendar
Longwood SBDC lists online sessions for September 17 and 23, giving local owners a practical place to start their next business task.
Starting or growing a business? Match the question to the right local desk
Business advice, town licensing and county development each serve a different purpose. Here is a practical route through them.
Chatham drought warning reaches county customers beyond town limits
Pittsylvania’s September 11 alert identifies the county service areas supplied by Chatham and asks customers to begin conserving water.
Sheriff’s Office schedules public feedback sessions, including November 12 in Gretna
Four meetings give residents a chance to discuss public safety services as the county agency pursues its first CALEA accreditation.
Eight Danville businesses finish holiday campaign training; October workshop is next
The city’s September 10 update explains the completed program’s matching funds and a separate, city-business-only marketing session.
The farms around Gretna have more than one story to tell
A USDA county snapshot puts tobacco alongside livestock, dairy and other parts of the agricultural landscape.