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Second-ranked Clemson and fourth-ranked Notre Dame headline The Associated Press All-Atlantic Coast Conference teams and individual awards for the 2020 season. The Tigers, who beat the Fighting Irish in Saturday’s league championship game for a sixth straight title, had a league-high 10 selections in results released Monday after voting by […]

A season filled with uncertainty brought on by the pandemic will end with a perfectly predictable College Football Playoff. Alabama vs. Notre Dame. Clemson vs. Ohio State. Four of the bluest of blue bloods and the teams that have comprised the top four in the rankings for nearly two months. […]

BLACKSBURG – Behind the second-most 3-pointers in a game in school history , the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team defeated Coppin State 97-57 on Saturday night inside Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies (6-1, 1-0 ACC) stayed hot following the ACC victory over No. 24 Clemson (5-1, 0-1) last […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An arcane battle over emergency Federal Reserve powers foiled efforts on Saturday to lock down an agreement on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package. Saturday’s deadlock was just the latest stumble in a partisan, months-long fight over pandemic relief and the lack of progress is […]

This year has been a struggle for many, especially our vital small businesses. Each year Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce draws attention to Pulaski small businesses through Shop Small Pulaski, but this year they saw a need to do more.  They stepped up their efforts in response to the struggles of […]

(The Counties of Bland & Pulaski, Virginia) – On November 13th, Bland & Pulaski Counties announced a regional initiative to study broadband internet accessibility and capacity. This study is part of a larger three county project, which includes Montgomery County, in correlation with Appalachian Power and private internet service providers […]

Pulaski County Public Schools has confirmed a positive Covid diagnosis of a student from Dublin Elementary School who was last present on Tuesday, December 15, 2020.  It has been determined that proper mitigation strategies were followed and schools have since been thoroughly cleaned.  PCPS will continue to work with the […]

(Richmond, Va.) — The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) was informed late yesterday by Operation Warp Speed that, like other states, Virginia’s estimated allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses will be less than initially planned for the next few weeks. Virginia is now planning to receive 370,650 doses of vaccine in December […]

Two owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to Congress on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller played a role in the opioid epidemic but they stopped short of apologizing or admitting wrongdoing. “I want to express my family’s deep sadness about the opioid crisis,” David Sackler, whose family […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government advisory panel endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, paving the way for the shot to be added to the U.S. vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation for the vaccine from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. The […]