Riding a Harley in the Lynchburg area has its share of exhilarating moments: the breathtaking scenery, the fresh air, the sharp turns and hills on mountain roads.

Central Virginia Community College and Dominion Virginia Power are now offering a program in which participants can earn a nuclear industry-related degree while receiving a monthly stipend and a scholarship for tuition, fees and books.

If Americans aren’t sure what to do with their economic stimulus checks, major retailers are happy to offer suggestions.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 655,000 Ford F-150 and Lincoln Mark LT pickup trucks to fix a hose that could affect the vehicles’ braking power.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Travelers who love going abroad — but hate the tedious customs process — may soon be able to avoid it altogether.

Circuit City Stores Inc. yesterday appealed a $712,000 fine the Federal Communications Commission imposed, claiming the agency lacks the authority to issue such fines.

The highest paid Virginians earned $10.58 more an hour in 2006 than in 1979. The lowest paid made a dime more an hour than they did in 1979. 

The number of uninsured Virginians is climbing while medical coverage through the workplace is declining. Politicians are beginning to take notice.

Dominion Virginia Power, the electricity provider for parts of Appomattox and Campbell Counties, is seeking permission to raise its fuel surcharge on July 1.

Virginia gas prices reached yet another record high average price today, while oil prices fell after a heavy surge last week.

Select Bank’s founders last July had no idea they were opening the bank just before interest rates would take a sudden, sustained dive.

A Buckingham County slate quarry has sued the state, alleging harassment by state mine inspectors.

RESTON, Va. (AP) — The patrons at Champps, an upscale restaurant and bar chain, were eating ribs and drinking beer on a recent Saturday when customer Bruce Jackson stood up and made an announcement: He was armed, and so were dozens of other patrons.

WASHINGTON- Electricity bills face a double whammy this year: higher prices of natural gas and coal and pending climate-change legislation, leaders of electric cooperatives warned Tuesday.

BOISE, Idaho — Executives from French-owned energy services company Areva Incorporated say they have picked eastern Idaho for a new $2 billion uranium enrichment plant.

A corrugated packaging factory in Lynchburg could come under new ownership later this year.

If the MP3 was a shot across the music industry’s bow, Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” may have been the torpedo that sank the ship.

“Lost."Ask Clifton Price where he would be without job training and the teen sums it up in a word.

“Lost.”

Employers plan to hire 8 percent more college students graduating from the Class of 2008 than they did in 2007, according to a spring update report released by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. But last fall, employers expected to hire 16 percent more graduates this year than they did in 2007.

What advice about preparing for old age would you have given yourself 20 years ago if you were as smart as you are now?

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s biggest retailer, said Monday it will offer 90-day prescriptions for $10 and lower the prices of more than 1,000 over-the-counter medications to $4 or less.

Foster Fuels has been awarded a contract to be on call for the federal government in case of an emergency.

With grocery and gas prices on the rise, an Amherst family has opened a store in Madison Heights to help shoppers save bucks in the checkout line.

SEFFNER - In 1993. Husband and wife Lou and Joyce Fioritto sat down for dinner at their local Chi-Chi’s Mexican food franchise in Cleveland.

AT&T Inc. will launch a mobile television service Sunday in 58 other U.S. metropolitan markets.

Virginia’s local phone companies are asking state regulators to approve an increase in the fees they are allowed to charge for bad checks and late payments.

Dave Gares, an independent truck driver since 1974 who hauls mostly soft drinks these days, never dreamed he’d be paying more than $4 per gallon for diesel.

You finally make the appointment to see your doctor, manage to show up on the right day, have your 15 minutes of face time and get the prescriptions that will change your life - maybe even save it.

Virginia gas prices hit a record high today, with a gallon of regular fuel selling for $3.51 on average, AAA Mid-Atlantic said.

The aroma of baked goodies greets customers as they enter Bill’s Pastry Shop on Bay Street, just as in years past. But this is a restored version of the iconic bakery.