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 […]
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 […]
Vanpen Nisaganilagul Cress, age 72, of Pulaski, Va. passed away at 4:30 a.m. , Friday April 26 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital from complications of a stroke. Pen was the oldest of nine children born to Lamai and Tip Nisaganilagul. She was born February 7, 1947 in Arranyaprated, Thailand. After graduating […]
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 […]
Catherine Oreta Webb Yelton, age 88, of Pulaski, was embraced by our Lord and taken to her eternal home on May 5, 2019. She is preceded in death by her parents Mary Virginia and Larson Sparrell Webb, brothers John Walter “Jake” Webb, Marvin Douglas “Bud” Webb and a much-loved cousin […]