Tyler Cannoy of Wythe County is the new head basketball coach at Pulaski County High School in a search that amounted to less than a month, and he was the only reported coach to be interviewed for the job. The Pulaski County School Board on Tuesday voted 4-1 to make […]
Action on a proposed Reduction In Force policy was delayed Tuesday by the Pulaski County School Board after concerns were raised over certain aspects of the new policy. The board on Tuesday approved a budget proposal for the next school year with a $1.4 million revenue shortfall. The majority of […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech’s Ty Outlaw has been charged with possession of marijuana, potentially jeopardizing his status for the remainder of the NCAA Tournament. The sixth-year senior was charged March 21, the day after he and the Hokies arrived in San Jose, California for the first round of […]
I appreciate athletic competition. It doesn’t matter if it’s a football game, basketball game, baseball game, a sprint to the finish in track. Good competition is enjoyable. So I do not mean to slight the spirit of competition at any level or in any sport, but it […]
Dorothy McNew Weller, 86 of Dublin, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Pulaski on October 31, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Della Irene Poole McNew and Maynard Bruce McNew. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death […]
The Gibson Brothers, multi-award winners of International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards, will perform Friday, April 26, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. at New River Community College in Dublin. The event is sponsored by NRCC Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club. The bluegrass band, including brothers Leigh and Eric Gibson, has performed […]
Jean Carolyn Workman Rupe, age 76 of Pulaski passed away Monday, March 25, 2019 at her home. Born January 16, 1943 in Oceana, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late French & Hannah Brown Workman. Her husband, Daniel David Rupe, son, David Rupe, brothers, Vincent Workman, James Gordon […]
Amid concerns over a possible reduction in force, the Pulaski County School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a $48 million budget proposal for FY 2019-20. The School Board and Board of Supervisors will meet Monday at 6 p.m. in the county’s Technology Center in the Maple Shade plaza to discuss […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) will be hosting his 2019 Service Academy Day on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Students will have the opportunity to meet with invited officials from the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. […]
— Health Bus Offers Childhood Vaccines at Local Schools — The Virginia Department of Health New River Health District’s mobile health bus will visit area public schools in April to offer vaccines for TDaP (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, or whooping cough), HPV (human papillomavirus) and MCV (meningococcal disease, or meningitis). […]
Ultra successful Salem High football coach Steven Magenbauer surprised high school football fans around the region, and certainly those at Salem by announcing his resignation and retirement Tuesday evening. He will be replaced by assistant Don Holter who has already been approved the City of Salem School […]
Please join the Pulaski County Friends of the Library (FOL) as they kick off the spring season with a two-day sale that will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 5th and 6th at their Book Sale Store in downtown Pulaski, across the street from the Pulaski Library. Watch for […]