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Hood sworn in as city councilman

Newly elected Councilman Bryant Hood was sworn into office prior to Tuesday night’s meeting of City Council.

Hood last month won the special election held to determine who would finish the term of former City Councilman Adam Tomer. The term is slated to en...

Council accepts grant for 911 phone system

The City Council on Tuesday night voted to accept a grant to upgrade the 911 phone system at the Emergency Communications Center. The upgrade in early 2021 will take the center from an analog system to an IP digital system that is capable of supporting th...

City Council will meet in business, work sessions

The City Council will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 1, in a business session at 7 p.m. followed by a work session. Both sessions will be held in the Council Chambers on the fourth floor of the Municipal Building, which is located at 427 Patton St.

The meeting is o...

Treasury staff to help citizens find missing money

The City of Danville’s Treasurer’s Office and the Virginia Department of the Treasury will hold an unclaimed property virtual call event on Dec. 3-4 to help local citizens who might be owed funds they don’t know about.

Treasury workers came to Danville las...

City seeks input on Main Street Plaza property

The Danville Office of Economic Development invites citizens to participate in a survey about the future use of the Main Street Plaza property being vacated by Lou’s Antiques Mall. 

The store is in the process of relocating to the Sherwo...

Offices, library to close for Thanksgiving holiday

The Municipal Building and all other city government offices will close for the Thanksgiving holiday at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 25, and will remain closed until Monday, Nov. 30.

 The public library and the James F. Ingram Justice Center (courthous...

Council formally certifies casino gaming operator

The City Council on Tuesday night voted to formally certify Caesars Virginia, LLC as the City's preferred casino gaming operator and to authorize Mayor Alonzo Jones to execute the City's post-referendum letter of certification and submit...

Police chief receives Excellence in Policing Award

Police Chief Scott C. Booth on Monday was presented with the Excellence in Policing Award from the Radford University Center for Police Practice, Policy and Research. The annual award recognizes police leaders who champion innovative strategies that impro...

DCC, City partner on ‘Project Rebuild’

Danville Community College (DCC) in partnership with the City of Danville, launched Project Rebuild, a multi-faceted program that aims to provide workforce training to at-risk youth, ages 18-25, in our community on Monday, November 16, at a media event he...

City Council will meet in business session

City Council will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 17, in a business session. No work session is scheduled. The business session will begin at 7 p.m. and will be aired by River City TV. Watch it live on cable (Comcast channel 10 and Gamewood channel 122) or...

City prepares for river flooding

The Public Works Department is prepositioning barricades and barriers along the sides of flood-prone streets because of flooding that is expected to occur along the Dan River from heavy rain locally and upstream.

Crews will be working 12-hours shifts to mo...

Danville receives first place in Digital Cities Survey

The City of Danville has won first place in its population category in the 2020 Digital Cities Survey, which recognizes the use of technology by cities to tackle social challenges, enhance services, and strengthen cybersecurity.

The Center for Di...

Region to showcase entrepreneurial activity

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is an international movement – powered by thousands of partner organizations dedicated to making it possible for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a company.

GEW 2020 will be celebrated from November...

Danville board certifies local election results

The Danville Electoral Board today certified the results of the special City Council election and the casino gaming referendum. The final results produced no surprises.

In the race for City Council, Bryant Hood won the seat with 7,163 votes or 38...

City government offices closed on Veterans Day

The Municipal Building and all other city government offices will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day. Also, the public library and the James F. Ingram Justice Center (courthouse) will be closed.

However, Danville Transit will opera...

City Council OKs higher extra duty pay for police

The City Council on Thursday night voted to authorize an increase in the extra duty hourly rates for hiring off duty police officers. This increase in rates will bring the Police Department in line with agencies comparable in size and activity in this reg...

The Launch Place invests in BioAesthetics

News release by The Launch Place

The Launch Place, a venture development organization with offices in Danville, VA, and Research Triangle Park, NC, has invested $250,000 from their Seed Fund II in the transformative biomaterials startup BioAesthetics. Sinc...

Caesars CEO thanks voters for their support

The chief executive of Caesars Entertainment issued a statement following Tuesday night’s referendum results thanking the voters of Danville for their support of the referendum that will bring Caesars Virginia to the city.

“We...

Danville voters approve casino gaming

Danville voters have approved casino gaming by a margin of more than two-to-one, with 13,022 ballots cast in favor of a gaming establishment and 5,941 ballots cast against it, according to unofficial results Tuesday night. 

In the special election...