Danville, Virginia News

GoDanRiver.com / Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:26:59 EST

Averett University’s Office of Admissions will hold a spring open house March 20, with registration at 9 a.m. in the Student Center

Averett hosting eco-friendly equestrian seminar

GoDanRiver.com / Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:03:37 EST

Averett University will host a seminar on eco-friendly ways to manage an equestrian facility March 18 at 6 p.m. in the multi-purpose room of the Student Center

Uranium mining focus of forum

GoDanRiver.com / Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:32:45 EST

A speaker at a Richmond forum on uranium mining in Southside Virginia says the deposit is much smaller than the estimated 119 million pounds stated by its owners

Va. Senate cuts anti-bias language from bill to help lure defense firm

GoDanRiver.com / Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:18:53 EST

The Virginia Senate this morning yanked anti-bias protections for gay workers from a deal-sweetening bill aimed at luring to Virginia a defense-and-systems giant with gay-friendly employment policies.

DRBA in the running for grant funding

GoDanRiver.com / Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:07:24 EST

MillerCoors donated $75,000 toward the competition

Short Sugar’s #2 closes its doors for good

GoDanRiver.com / Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:06:21 EST

The restaurant gradually lost business through the years as downtown foot traffic declined

Grand jury indicts Danville man in rape

GoDanRiver.com / Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:46 EST

A grand jury indicted a Danville man on his 21st birthday in a December sexual assault on a 14-year-old, according to arrest records and court documents.