Bastians Bar-B-Q is closed for good in Salem – Read (Roanoke Times)
Tag Archives: economy
Steve Jenkins
July 16, 2014
Steve Jenkins
July 16, 2014
James Hardie Building Products is expanding its Pulaski facility and adding 69 new jobs – Read (Roanoke Times)
Steve Jenkins
July 8, 2014
Roanoke residents look for temporary jobs at the Salem Fair. The Salem Fair employs dozens of locals each year. Read/Watch (WDBJ7)
Steve Jenkins
July 7, 2014
Blue crab exhibit at Maryland Science Center shows strains of Chesapeake life. Read (Washington Post)
Steve Jenkins
July 7, 2014
Cici’s Pizza in Towers Shopping Center closing. Read (WSLS)
Steve Jenkins
July 7, 2014
Steve Jenkins
July 7, 2014
Welcome to Silicon Allee? Berlin is becoming Europe’s startup hub: http://t.co/WV0zXhgvCB pic.twitter.com/HrukNkCrQb
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) July 7, 2014
Steve Jenkins
July 3, 2014
[Christy’s](http://www.christysapparel.com/) is leaving downtown Roanoke for [Towers Shopping Center](http://www.towersshoppingcenter.com/). The owner said the constant construction downtown was detrimental to the business. Read (Roanoke Times)
Steve Jenkins
July 3, 2014
Amazon enters retail top 10: http://t.co/LKaq8Do7v4
— Steve Jenkins (@SJenkins) July 3, 2014
Steve Jenkins
July 3, 2014
The [Natural Bridge wax museum](http://www.naturalbridgewaxmuseum.org/) is closing. Read (Roanoke Times)
Steve Jenkins
July 3, 2014
[Exelis](http://www.exelisinc.com/business/NVCS/Pages/default.aspx “Exelis Night Vision and Communications Solutions”) to cut 60 jobs at its Roanoke County night vision plant, reducing the number of employees in Roanoke County to 425 from a high of 1,525 in 2009. Read (Roanoke Times)
Steve Jenkins
July 2, 2014
USPS plans to close the Roanoke mail processing facility as soon as January and move the operations to Greensboro. Approximately 400 jobs will be affected. Read (Roanoke Times)
Steve Jenkins
June 6, 2014
Farm Workers’ Low Wages Hinder San Joaquin Valley’s Economy
>If you look at the jobs picture across the U.S., one place stands out for high levels of unemployment: Central California’s San Joaquin Valley. It’s been called the Appalachia of the West.