On May 4th a Community Wildfire Preparedness Day workshop was held at Randolph Park with 38 attendees. Interagency Cooperation between the Virginia Dept. of Forestry, Pulaski County Emergency Management, Virginia Tech Fire Ecology, New River Valley/Highlands RC&D and local Fire Departments made this event a success. Ten different communities from […]
The Town of Pulaski is proud to sponsor the second annual Music and Merchants Festival in Downtown Pulaski. This year’s festival will be held on Saturday, May 18th from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on West Main Street and Jefferson Avenue. This nighttime event will be held rain or shine, […]
The Virginia State Police investigation continues into Thursday (May 9) morning’s series of events that started in Pulaski County with a pursuit and ended in the Town of Wytheville with an officer-involved shooting. Early Friday morning (May 10), William R. Clark, 31, of Pulaski, Va., died at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. […]
Registration closes at 9 AM on Monday for a Genealogy Workshop to be held on Saturday, May 18, 8 AM – 4:30 PM, at Dublin Christian Church, 5605 Dunlap Road, Dublin, VA. The event is sponsored by Wilderness Road Regional Museum and the New River Historical Society. Sessions for the […]
The Town of Pulaski released the following summary of a hearing Wednesday in Pulaski County General District Court in the case of the Town of Pulaski v. Vuhvanagon, LLC, Kevin Lindamood and Hannah Sponsberg. The case involves an alleged zoning violation by Vuhvanagon on property along Lee Highway in Pulaski […]
Concerned Americans across the United States acknowledged Thursday, May 2, 2019 as the official National Day of Prayer. Approximately 200 local residents joined with them at noon in front of the Pulaski courthouse to pray for an hour in unity for our government and society. Each year has a different […]
Monday 05/13/19 Baseball: River Ridge District Tournament @ TBD Softball: River Ridge District Tournament @ TBD Girls Soccer: River Ridge District Tournament @ TBD Tuesday 05/14/19 Boys Soccer: River Ridge District Tournament @ TBD Wednesday 05/15/19 County Sports Physicals: CTE Building 3:30 pm River Ridge District Tournament: Semi Finals @ […]
The Virginia State Police is investigating a continuous incident this morning that resulted in two separate – but related – pursuits and shots being fired early Thursday morning (May 9). The incident began around 1:40 a.m. Thursday when a Virginia State Police trooper was traveling south on Interstate 81 near […]
Pulaski’s Music and Merchants Festival is something all ages can enjoy. Over 50 vendors, craft beer, a local winery, live music and a kids zone full of activities. From 4-10 pm on Saturday May 18th, this is a nighttime festival in the heart of downtown Pulaski. The event is rain […]
Pulaski County’s school superintendent responded Tuesday to comments made last week by county officials concerning teacher pay and pupil-teacher ratios. Last week, with the School Board present, the county Board of Supervisors met to finalize its level of local school funding for the 2019-20 fiscal year. During their presentation, County […]
The Pulaski County School Board on Tuesday reluctantly approved a final version of its 2019-20 budget for next fiscal year. The final version of the $47,167,182 spending plan represents a $524,073 increase over this year’s funding – which includes $149,073 more in state funding and $375,000 in additional local funding. […]
Appalachian Power will create a catalog of the Claytor Lake shoreline structures this summer. Property owners and lake visitors could see a motorized vessel with two or three people and camera equipment on the lake beginning Monday, May 13. Appalachian Power, which owns and operates the Claytor Hydroelectric Project […]