NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The wife of a man who died when his tractor-trailer plunged off a bridge into the Chesapeake Bay says “he was an awesome husband.” Forty-seven-year-old Joseph Chen of Greenville, North Carolina, died Thursday, shortly after he was plucked from the frigid water by a U.S. Navy helicopter crew. After the truck … Continue reading →
DUBLIN, Va. (AP) — Volvo is preparing to lay off 734 employees at its truck plant in Virginia. Volvo spokesman John Mies said Tuesday that the layoffs at the New River Valley Assembly Plant in Dublin will begin in February. He says there’s been a slowdown in demand for highway trucks and that the company … Continue reading →
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