Aaron Kremer

Duvall, congressmen voice opposition to proposed Wal-Mart (Times-Dispatch) Actor Robert Duvall, who is related to Robert E. Lee and portrayed the Confederate general in the movie “Gods and Generals,” has some credentials when it comes to the Civil War. Duvall, 78, drew upon those connections yesterday to make the case against a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter… Read more »

Top 50 employers list will undergo changes (Times-Dispatch) Given the upheaval in the local economy, including the bankruptcies and closings of three of the area’s largest employers, one might expect this year’s list of the Top 50 employers in the Richmond area to be markedly different. The latest list still ranks Qimonda and Circuit City,… Read more »

Now what? As the Landmark lies dormant, what’s next? (The Hook) Just like an abandoned building, workers began boarding up the side of the hotel with plywood in late March. The Landmark’s owner, Halsey Minor, and its developer, Lee Danielson, are locked in a legal battle over who is at fault in running up the… Read more »

Malled In (Style Weekly) Chesterfield Mall morphed into Chesterfield Towne Center in 1987 during the first phase of a massive expansion. It more than tripled in size to its current 1.03 million square feet — and has seen a carousel of department-store anchors and dozens of smaller shops come and go through the years. There’s… Read more »

Economy affects StellarOne’s earnings (Roanoke Times) Nonpayment of loans on homes at Smith Mountain Lake continues to diminish the bank’s results. The Charlottesville-based bank earned $146,000 in the first quarter, down $2.1 million from the same period a year ago. The company posted a net quarterly loss after paying the federal government dividends on its… Read more »

Newspaper circulation declines (Times Dispatch) The Richmond Times-Dispatch followed a national trend as circulation dropped among the nation’s newspapers between October and March. U.S. newspaper circulation declined 7.1 percent, while weekday circulation at the Times-Dispatch dropped 9.9 percent. Sunday subscriptions for the T-D increased slightly. No swine flu found in Mexican operations, Smithfield says (Virginia… Read more »