
Business & Innovation · Sponsored
A Stafford kitchen in Forte Construction & Design's project portfolio brings several decisions into one room: pale cabinetry, patterned backsplash, wood-toned flooring and a continuous line of recessed lighting. The result illustrates the kind of coordination that runs through the Fredericksburg company's work.
Nov 2, 2026

Business & Innovation · Sponsored
Coastal757 Aesthetics grew from Dr. Morris M. Elstein's work in obstetrics and gynecology into a Virginia Beach practice serving women and men with aesthetic and skin-care services. The connection between those fields is reflected in a team whose backgrounds span medicine, esthetics and patient support.
Nov 2, 2026

Business & Innovation · Sponsored
A new house, a renovation and a move between homes can present very different financing questions. Michael Ballew's Harrisonburg practice at American Pacific Mortgage covers that range, with loan options that extend beyond a conventional purchase mortgage.
Nov 2, 2026

Business & Innovation · Sponsored
Allen Strecker returned to the Lexington area in 1985 to establish Blue Ridge Animal Clinic. For the Rockbridge County native, the move brought a veterinary career back to the community where it began—and created a practice serving both household pets and larger animals.
Nov 2, 2026

Business & Innovation · Sponsored
Chris Sloan started his lawncare business in Trenton, Ohio, in October 2017. A move with his wife, Sarah, during the winter of 2022–23 brought the business to Bedford County and gave Sloan's Lawncare a new group of neighborhoods to serve.
Nov 2, 2026

Business & Innovation · Sponsored
Lorie Wyatt has worked as a principal agent and owner of Wyatt Insurance Agency alongside her husband, Jamie, since 2002. More than two decades later, the business connects three Southwest Virginia offices with the same central task: helping families and businesses choose coverage and keep it current.
Nov 2, 2026

Business & Innovation · Sponsored
Loy Family Chiropractic makes an unusually practical part of a healthcare visit easy to find: its fees. The Winchester practice publishes separate charges for an initial examination, adjustments and massage appointments, alongside an explanation of how it handles insurance paperwork.
Nov 2, 2026

Business & Innovation · Sponsored
A tobacco barn, a greenhouse and a 1971 Airstream give Full Bloom Farm House more than one way to welcome guests. On this 12-acre Abingdon property, buildings with different histories now share a purpose: making space for celebrations, photographs and time in the countryside.
Nov 2, 2026

Best of
A paved evening owl walk at Lake Anna and a free morning walk in Big Stone Gap make a useful contrast for autumn plans.
Nov 2, 2026

Things to Do
The fifth festival pairs Virginia wine tastings with music and food at Jefferson School City Center.
Nov 2, 2026

Travel & Lifestyle
Lewis Mountain and Big Meadows remain on later November schedules; early-2027 reservations are temporarily unavailable.
Nov 2, 2026

Living
Officials ask residents to report possible contact with the animal found on Mill Stream Way.
Nov 2, 2026

Your Community
The two-hour clinic at the county shelter will accept cash payments of $10 per vaccine.
Nov 2, 2026

Politics & Government
Polls open November 3 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; ballots include federal races and locality-specific contests.
Nov 2, 2026

Today
VDOT lists overnight ramp restrictions this week and a longer Route 8 project adding a turn lane and sidewalks.
Nov 2, 2026

Sports
After a 51–7 loss at Wake Forest, the Cavaliers return home November 14 to face Cal.
Nov 2, 2026

Music, Arts & Entertainment
Organizers report 26,613 attendances across a five-day program and name four audience-award recipients.
Nov 2, 2026

Business & Innovation
The regional AM² partnership plans shared technology testing and a career network reaching from schools to adult training.
Nov 2, 2026