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Dublin Town Offices will be closed Monday, September 6, 2021 to observe the Labor Day Holiday.  Garbage scheduled for pickup on Monday will be picked up on Tuesday, September 7th.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Fred weakened to a depression and spawned several apparent tornadoes in Georgia and North Carolina on Tuesday as it dumped heavy rains into the Appalachian mountains along a path that could cause flash floods as far north as upstate New York. One death was […]

From the National Weather Service: VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BEDFORD BOTETOURT CARROLL CRAIG FLOYD FRANKLIN GRAYSON HENRY MONTGOMERY PATRICK PULASKI ROANOKE SMYTH WYTHE VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE GALAX MARTINSVILLE RADFORD ROANOKE SALEM

From the Nartional Weather Service: A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7:00 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE: CARROLL FLOYD FRANKLIN GRAYSON HENRY MONTGOMERY PATRICK PULASKI SMYTH WYTHE VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE: GALAX MARTINSVILLE RADFORD

(AP) – Dr. Danny Avula, the head of Virginia’s COVID-19 vaccination effort, suspected he might have a problem getting pastors to publicly advocate for the shots when some members of his own church referred to them as “the mark of the beast,” a biblical reference to allegiance to the devil, […]

(AP) – A Republican state senator is among a group of people suing the Virginia Redistricting Commission over plans to count prisoners at their last known address instead of the prisons where they’re incarcerated. The lawsuit says the change will politically weaken Virginia’s rural and conservative areas after the state […]

Monday, August 16, 2021 – Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement regarding the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan: “While I have supported an orderly withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan, President Biden and his Administration have botched America’s exit.  The problem was not withdrawing American troops, but that […]

(AP) – Another college football season will start with everyone chasing the Tide. Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll for fourth time in the past six seasons. Coming off its sixth national championship under Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide enters the season loaded with […]

(AP) – The beating blades of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport on Sunday punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as well, as a stunningly swift Taliban takeover entered the heart of Afghanistan’s capital. Two weeks from the […]

(Richmond, Va.) — Today the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced that Virginia will make third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines available for moderately and severely immunocompromised Virginians, starting as early as August 14. This move comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its vaccination […]

The Patton Logistics Group to invest $11 million to expand trucking, logistics, and warehousing operation RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that The Patton Logistics Group will invest $11 million to expand its trucking, logistics, and warehousing operation in the New River Valley Commerce Park in Pulaski County. The company will […]