To the Citizens of Wythe County As of last week, both the Federal government and the Commonwealth of Virginia have declared a state of emergency for the C OVID 19 virus. These declarations were put in place to move funds and resources to mitigate further outbreak, to provide more available […]
Due to the Governor’s issued State of Emergency and out of an abundance of caution and care for our community, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary are cancelling all Virginia-sponsored Boat Virginia classroom courses and all boating safety workshops and events […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Pastors across the United States delivered sermons to empty pews Sunday as houses of worship adjusted to the reality of the coronavirus pandemic, with the Vatican indicating that the holiest week on its calendar will look vastly different next month. While many religious institutions around the country […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Ralph Northam on Sunday banned all public gatherings of more than 100 people statewide and ordered a two-week shutdown of municipal offices in an area of southeast Virginia that has been hit by a cluster of coronavirus cases, including the state’s first death from the […]
(Richmond, Va.) — Today, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Peninsula Health District reported the death of a hospitalized patient who previously tested positive for COVID-19. This event marks the first death in the Commonwealth of Virginia due to COVID-19. The patient was a male in his 70s […]
Due to circumstances and announcements concerning the coronavirus, we have decided to cancel the Mission Fair and Conference scheduled for March 21-25, 2020. I am sorry if this will cause any of you undue hardship. Please be safe and keep our communities, states, and country in prayer. Lift up those in position […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of the outbreak. Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump said, “I am officially declaring a national emergency.” […]
Charlottesville, Va. – Due to the rapidly changing landscape regarding COVID-19 and in an effort to support VHSL member schools and school divisions the VHSL Crisis Management Committee met and decided the spring sports season be delayed for two weeks with the first play date now scheduled for March 30 announced […]
In response to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s State of Emergency status resulting from the CORONAVIRUS, Pulaski County is encouraging our citizens to follow recommendations from the Virginia Department of Health and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and practice social distancing and good hand hygiene. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/ County […]
The past basketball season was a big year for the Pulaski County girls program and the Class 4, Region D team is perfect evidence of that. The 21-7 and quarterfinalists in the state tournament dominated the all-region team. Brad Sutphin was named “Co-Coach of the Year” […]
The NCAA canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments on Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The unprecedented move comes a day after the NCAA announced the games that were scheduled to […]