$2 billion in additional funding for improvements to Virginia Interstate 81 could yield more than double the return on investment. If $2 billion of crucially needed highway improvements are made to Virginia’s Interstate 81, the surrounding region could benefit from more than $4.3 billion in business output, wages and tax […]
Pulaski County will take yet another crack at getting the Virginia General Assembly to allow for cigarettes to be taxed in the county. The county’s Board of Supervisors on Monday night voted 4-1 to approve a resolution in support of the legislature granting all counties in Virginia the authority to […]
Ryder Systems, which recently purchased the former BIR Transport Facility on Kirby Road in Draper, was granted approval Monday night by the Board of Supervisors for a Special Use Permit to install a 12,000 gallon diesel fuel storage tank at the facility. The county’s Unified Development Ordinance requires a Special […]
Six Pulaski County football players have made the Class 4D All-Region football team for 2018. Four Cougars made first team and two were selected to the second unit by vote of the region coaches. Two Cougars made the first team defense. Junior linebacker Austin Gallimore led the team in tackles […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Virginia had blown most of a 17-point lead and appeared in trouble as the sellout crowd at Maryland implored the home team to complete the comeback. The Cavaliers had been in this situation before, and they knew exactly how to handle it. Showing the kind […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Clemson sophomore running back Travis Etienne has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Player of the Year, the league announced Wednesday. Clelin Ferrell, the Tigers’ junior defensive end, made it a Clemson sweep as he was recognized as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. The […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence and the looming bowl season have South Carolina and Virginia Tech closing their football seasons against teams that were never on their schedule. Both schools canceled games on Sept. 15 because of the storm heading for the Virginia and Carolina coastlines. Now they’ve scheduled […]
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech student who helped dump the body of a slain 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Natalie Keepers, of Laurel, Maryland, was convicted in September of being an accessory before the fact in the 2016 death of Nicole Lovell. […]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Myreon Jones scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half to lead Penn State to a 63-62 upset win over No. 13 Virginia Tech on Tuesday. Lamar Stevens added 14 points and eight rebounds and Rasir Bolton chipped in 11 points for the […]
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, have announced a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the burglary of Dublin Pawn, a federal firearms licensee (FFL) in […]
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has been sentenced to 83 years in prison for pulling a gun on two Christiansburg police officers and fighting them over the weapon. The Roanoke Times reports Burdis Gene Barker Jr. was also ordered Monday to pay $290,000 in fines. He was found […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Clemson’s Dabo Swinney has been selected as the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Coach of the Year following the Tigers’ unbeaten regular season and fourth consecutive Atlantic Division title. Swinney led the way in balloting among a select panel of 46 media members and the league’s 14 […]