RICHMOND – The Virginia State Police has recently been alerted to an alarming increase in phone scams targeting seniors and, especially, convicted sex offenders. The consistent theme among these scams has been phone fraudsters threatening people into paying hundreds of dollars in gift cards to the caller. One popular scam making its rounds across the […]
Attention Pulaski residents! The Town of Pulaski is not planning to close or abandon any of its parks. That was the message from Town Manager Shawn Utt on Tuesday during further discussion on the future of the town’s Parks and Facilities department. Utt, at town council’s direction, presented an alternative budget proposal last week that […]
RICHMOND – On Friday, June 22, 2018, the Commonwealth will graduate its 128th generation of Virginia State Troopers. The 39 new troopers will be presented their diplomas during commencement exercises at 10 a.m. at the State Police Training Academy located at 7700 Midlothian Turnpike in North Chesterfield County. Included in the class is Pedro Yobani Aguilar Salamanca, Pulaski […]
The R.F. Ratcliffe Memorial Transportation Museum will have special hours for Bike Virginia’s visit to the Town of Pulaski on Monday June 25, 2018. The Museum will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday in addition to its regular hours of 11:00 to 5:00 on Friday and Saturday, 1:00 to 5:00 on Sunday […]
On Sunday, June 17, 2018, Betty Hyatt Jones left this life to join the many loved ones who had gone on before her and who were waiting to welcome her with open arms and smiling faces. .The daughter of a coalminer, she was born in West Virginia on September 2, 1930 to James D. Hyatt […]
Pulaski Town Manager Shawn Utt on Tuesday presented to council a second budget proposal for the 2018-19 fiscal year – one in which spending is cut by 1.65 percent or about $160,000. Utt’s budget proposal was in response to direction from council a week earlier. Mayor Nick Glenn broke a 3-3 tie and voted in […]
As this school year has come to a close, local organizations in Southwest Virginia are making investments now to ensure that the 2018-2019 academic year will be as successful as it can be for Pulaski County students. A new program available this summer through a collaboration between the United Way of Southwest Virginia and Pulaski […]
Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Family and Consumer Sciences and will offer a four-day cooking and fitness program for Pulaski County youth, ages 7-13, to gain skills in the kitchen to lead healthier lives. The three day “nutrition, fitness and health” camp will be held July 10-12, 2018 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm at the First […]
The Count Pulaski Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is proud to announce that five Pulaski County fifth graders, one from each of the five elementary schools, have been awarded the 2018 Good Citizen Certificate and Medal. Each of these fifth graders has shown their teachers and classmates that they possess the qualifications […]
The mission of the Clean Community Council of Pulaski County is to plan, promote and award citizen efforts to preserve and enhance the environment. On June 5, 2018, two citizens of Pulaski County were award recipients during a Recognition Ceremony. The 2018 Citizen of the Year was presented to Catherine Humphrey for her tireless devotion to the pristine appearance of […]
