Huge Yard Sale: Saturday, Oct. 25 – rain or shine – 306 First Street at the old Gem City Junk Yard. Furniture, old items, dishes, clothes, too many items to list. 10 a.m. to closing. Yard Sale: Oct. 24 & 25 from 9-2 at 7264 Timberlane Dr., Fairlawn. Lots […]
By WILLIAM PAINE Patriot Publishing On Monday, Oct. 20, Judge Gerald (Jerry) Mabe ruled that the 1st degree murder case against Savannah Renee Adams proceed to the Grand Jury before likely heading to trial in 2026. Adams is accused of murdering Tiffany Nicole Dunford, who died from burn wounds on […]
Lord Botetourt at William Byrd William Fleming at Northside Franklin County at Staunton River Cave Spring at Hidden Valley Christiansburg at Blacksburg Pulaski County at Salem Carroll County at Radford Floyd County at James River Patrick County at Glenvar Bassett at Martinsville Lebanon at Graham Fort Chiswell at Marion Richlands […]
NASCAR Cup Series Next Race: Xfinity 500 The Place: Martinsville Speedway Track Length: 0.526 Mile Asphalt Oval The Date: Sunday, October 26 The Time: 2 p.m. ET The Purse: $9,797,935 TV: NBC & Peacock, 1:30 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90) Distance: 263 miles (500 Laps); Stage 1 […]
ROANOKE – Lower energy prices, combined with Appalachian Power (APCo) incorporating more renewable sources of power into its energy mix, resulted in the company requesting a reduction in its fuel factor rate from 4.139 ¢/kilowatt-hours (kWh) to 3.133 ¢/kWh from the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). An approved interim rate […]
SALEM – With a weekend full of racing, drivers should expect an increased volume of traffic in the vicinity of Martinsville Speedway on Thursday, October 23, Friday, October 24, Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26. For the race being held on Sunday, October 26, the Virginia Department of Transportation […]
RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has recently received reports of groups of dead black vultures across the state including several counties in Southwest Virginia. Preliminary testing indicates that the likely cause is H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Although disease activity is currently centered in […]
By WILLIAM PAINE Patriot Publishing The Landowners of Claytor Lake (LOCL) held their first meeting Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Pulaski County Innovation Center with the goal of forming a coalition to represent the interests of property owners on Claytor Lake. The need to form LOCL stems from a series […]
By TOM EWING Professor of History, Virginia Tech (etewing@vt.edu) Project Director: Bike 76 VA (https://bike76-va.vt.domains/home/) Almost fifty years ago, cyclists participating in the Bikecentennial rode through Virginia, including a twenty-mile section in Pulaski County. The route established in 1976, which is still marked as US Bicycle Route 76, enters Pulaski […]
By WILLIAM PAINE Patriot Publishing Board members and staff for Pulaski County Public Schools were joined Tuesday by town and county officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the school board’s new offices at the former Northwood Elementary School. The Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce provided the […]
By DANIELLE REID Patriot Publishing During a ceremony in Dublin on Saturday, Oct. 11, Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve presented the keys to an all-new VNL 860 to Cheryl Wilson, executive director for Virginia’s American Revolution 250 Commission (VA250). Present at the ceremony was U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, […]
By WILLIAM PAINE Patriot Publishing The weather was just about perfect for this year’s Newbern Fall Festival, as thousands came to Pulaski County’s oldest village last Saturday and Sunday to stroll down the mile long stretch of Newbern’s historic Wilderness Road. “The fall festival was quite successful,” said Andy McCready […]