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 […]
Pulaski County High School, in conjunction with Lewis Gale Hospital Pulaski, will again be providing sports physicals to Pulaski County Public School students who will be enrolled in the 6th through 12th grades during the 2019-2020 school year. The physicals will take place at PCHS in the Career and Technical […]
On Tuesdsay, May 7, at approximately 8:31 AM, an officer with the Pulaski Police Department was involved in a vehicle accident with a deer on Dora Highway, near Kiwanis Park. The officer sustained very minor injuries from broken glass and will make a full recovery. Attempts were made to rescue […]
On Monday, May 6, 2019, at approximately 4:25 PM, an officer with the Pulaski Police Department conducted a traffic stop at N. Jefferson Ave/5th St. NW, due to the vehicle being improperly registered. The vehicle contained two occupants – the driver, Jeremy David Lambert, 49 of Pulaski, and passenger – […]
While the Board of Supervisors last week approved funding for the county’s participation in New River Community College’s ACCE Program, that funding won’t be coming through Pulaski County Public Schools. The School Board on Tuesday approved a resolution “appreciating and indeed applauding the desire of the Pulaski County Board of […]
Ceremonies Scheduled at Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, And at State Veterans Cemeteries in Amelia, Dublin, and Suffolk (RICHMOND) The Virginia Department of Veterans Services will host Memorial Day ceremonies at four locations across the Commonwealth on Monday, May 27, 2019, to honor the brave men and women who died […]
You here college football coaches say it all the time, especially when they are a new hire. “We must build a fence around our state.” That would certainly be a good thing, but what do you do when somebody like Clemson starts erecting a fence around the nation? Some of […]
Pulaski County Schools this evening released the following statement regarding its 2019-20 budget following a final work session at the school board office. “Pulaski County Public Schools is happy to announce that the school board will be able to address the majority of its budget priorities for the next school […]
The Trump Administration has announced that the Town of Pulaski is one of 15 communities selected to participate in Local Foods, Local Places (LFLP), a federal initiative that helps communities reinvest in existing neighborhoods and improve quality of life as they develop the local food economy. Through LFLP, a team […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced that the Town of Pulaski was selected to participate in the Federal Local Foods, Local Places program for 2019. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Northern Border Regional Commission. He issued the following statement: […]
SALEM – As part of a bridge jacking project, the bridge over Interstate 81 at exit 92 towards Draper in Pulaski County is closed. This project will raise the bridge to increase its clearance over I-81 along with additional repairs. During the closure, drivers will need to use the service road […]