Bonuses of up to $1,000 available to new hires earning at least $15 per hour VIRGINIA BEACH—Governor Ralph Northam today announced a new $3 million investment to pilot the Return to Earn Grant Program, which will match payments from eligible small businesses to provide new hires with up to $1,000 […]
SUMMER FESTIVAL: Warriors for Christ II, 600 Skyline Circle, Pulaski, June 26 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lots of vendors, raffle, church will be selling homemade barbecue. Come on our and fellowship and have a great time, God Bless! Yard Sale: Friday and Saturday, June 11 and 12 at 323 S. […]
Pulaski River Turtles fought back after falling down by six runs in the seventh inning. The comeback fell just short though, in a 9-7 defeat to Princeton WhistlePigs on Thursday. Pulaski River Turtles scored five runs in the failed comeback. Mark Trotta, Ross Lovich, and Tommy Woods picked up RBIs to lead the rally. Pulaski River Turtles collected eight hits […]
By DANIELLE REID The Patriot During an information meeting on Monday, June 6th, Christine Fiske, wife of Pastor Henry Fiske of First Baptist Church of Pulaski, announced plans to host a Christian Homeschool Co-op at the church located at 325 Randolph Avenue in Pulaski. Another informational meeting will be held […]
Tuesday night’s meeting of the Pulaski County School Board attracted another large crowd, mostly in attendance to speak out on the school system’s new Equity plan and concerns over an upcoming policy on the treatment of transgender students. Like last month’s meeting, the public comment period Tuesday was preceded by […]
About 20 people addressed the Pulaski County School Board on Tuesday night about its transgender student policy and concerns over the school system’s equity plan. The meeting featured two public comment periods – the first of which was limited to 10 people. No one chose to speak during that first […]
A Radford resident believes he has been threatened by a member of the Virginia House of Delegates over last week’s Memorial Day ceremony. Gary Harris, a member of the Radford VFW Post 776, was one of the chief organizers of the 21st Annual Memorial Day ceremony held at the Bisset […]
Danville Otterbots lost the lead late in a 4-2 defeat to Pulaski River Turtles on Wednesday. The game was tied at two with Pulaski River Turtles batting in the top of the ninth when John Bay doubled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run. Danville Otterbots knotted the game up at two in the bottom of the sixth […]
Derek Kitts beat Tara Orlando Tuesday night in the Democratic Primary for the nomination in the 7th House District.. Kitts won by only 157 votes. He will now face Republican candidate Marie March in November’s race.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Terry McAuliffe, the energetic former Virginia governor and longtime fixture of Democratic politics, won the party’s nomination Tuesday in his quest for a second term in office. McAuliffe will go on to face GOP nominee and political newcomer Glenn Youngkin in the November general election, when […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring fended off a strong primary challenge, while Del. Hala Ayala emerged from a field of six candidates to win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in Tuesday’s primary election. Herring and Ayala will join gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe at the top […]
Danville Otterbots watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in an 8-4 loss to Pulaski River Turtles on Tuesday. Pulaski River Turtles scored on a single by Cameron Leary and a single by Jackson Beamon in the first inning. Pulaski River Turtles fired up the offense in the first inning. Leary singled on a 2-2 count, scoring one run. Pulaski […]