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Pulaski County Public Schools has cancelled the public school board meeting that was scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The purpose of this meeting was to present information and receive stakeholder feedback about the possibility of going to a 4-day per week school calendar. After reviewing the […]

A list of delinquent real estate taxes for tax year 2017 will soon be published in both Pulaski County newspapers. Each year the Pulaski County Treasurer’s office publishes the list of delinquent real estate tax accounts in an effort to collect the late payments, and as a legal notice of […]

It’s back to the basics in the Town of Pulaski. That was the message from members of town council meeting last week in a work session that was dominated by discussion on the Fiscal Year 19 audit of the town’s finances. In short, the state of the town’s finances aren’t […]

Tuesday is “Super Tuesday,” the day in which voters in Pulaski County and 13 other states finally get their opportunity to weigh in on the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination process. Presidential preference primaries will be held in Virginia, Vermont, Utah, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maine, Colorado, California, […]

While House Bill 961 – which would have banned the sale of assault-type weapons and certain magazines – has been tabled for this year in the Virginia Legislature, Jody Pyles says residents in Southwest Virginia must still be vigilant against threats to our way of life. Pyles made his comments […]

Draper’s Valley Presbyterian Church 2755 Old Baltimore Road Draper, VA 24324 GROUNDBREAKING SERVICE SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2020 3:00 P.M. There will be a special ‘Worship Service of Thanksgiving’ in the sanctuary on Sunday afternoon, March 1, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. celebrating how God has brought us to this time and […]

To the editor, The National Vietnam Veterans Day was established in 2017. This day is celebrated on the 29th of March each year. There are many Vietnam veterans in Pulaski County. “All gave some, but some gave all.” In all of Pulaski County, only one gave five years of his […]

     Thanks to the fine work of Pulaski County High School athletic director Scott Vest, The Patriot can now report what the road ahead looks like for the Pulaski County girls basketball team in the effort to return to Richmond and the Class 4 state championship game a second […]

The Pulaski County girls basketball program is about to head back to the Class 4 state basketball tournament. Congratulations to them for a job well done, and to head coach Brad Sutphin and his able assistant Mike Anders. Most people from across the state were likely surprised the Cougar girls […]

So, you think it’s just now getting to be March and it’s too early to talk football. That would be wrong, and this writer likes to talk football any time of the year. But programs across the country are getting ready to take the field in the next few days. […]