The New River Valley Regional Commission announces three award winners for 2018. Citizens of the Valley are David Hagan, Business Owner and Investor and P. Buckley Moss, Artist and Philanthropist, and Champion of the Valley is Susan Kidd, Town of Narrows. On May 15, 2018 the New River Valley Regional […]
Roger Allen Asbury, Sr., 70, of Pulaski passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2018. He was preceded in death by his wife of almost 45 years, Jo Ann Aust Asbury; his parents, Katheryn Patty Rowe Asbury and William Charles Asbury; and his brothers, Joseph Ray Asbury and William “Grant” Asbury. He […]
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors will meet on Monday, May 21, 2018, at the Emergency Operations Command (EOC)/Information Training Room, located at 89 Commerce Street S.W., Maple Shade Plaza, in the Town of Pulaski, Virginia. An executive session will begin at 5:30 p.m. to be followed by the open […]
Liberty University is moving 17 of its athletic programs from the Big South to the Atlantic Sun Conference. The school made the announcement Thursday. It says the only three sports not joining the new conference are football, field hockey and women’s swimming and diving. Football will compete as a Bowl […]
Our newest grandchild! Darcy Grace Dalton, born Tuesday, May 15 at 2:44 p.m. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 21 inches. We at The Patriot are thrilled.
May 15, 2018, at approximately 5:21 P.M., a report was made to the Pulaski Police Department that a man was attempting to enter the vehicles of people that were traveling on Washington Avenue near the train station. The individual succeeded in getting into the back of a pickup truck but […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5242, the School Resource Officer Assessment Act: “I’ve heard from a lot of Ninth District residents concerned about school safety. A bill I cosponsored, the School Resource Officer Assessment Act, would help address their concerns, and I’m […]
ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — Virginia is set to study whether to add more tolls to Interstate 81. The Bristol Herald Courier reports that State Transportation Secretary Shannon Valentine recently outlined plans to begin a study next month on putting tolls on the highway. Interstate 81 runs along the western edge […]
A new furniture store is locating in Pulaski County. Badcock Home Furniture and More is locating a new store in Pulaski at 1130 East Main Street in the shopping center where Food Lion is located. Word tonight is a second location is also planned in Fairlawn at the former site […]
The Patriot has learned that Wells Fargo Bank in Pulaski will be closing. A customer of the bank alerted The Patriot he had received a letter from the bank stating Wells Fargo would be closing the Pulaski branch on August 15. No reason for the closing was given in the […]
Charles Douglas “Tooter” Quesenberry, age 78 of Pulaski passed away Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Highland Ridge Rehab Center in Dublin. Born April 4, 1940 in Pulaski he was the son of the late Charlie Thomas Quesenberry, Jr. & Gracie Lou Tabor Quesenberry. He is survived by his Brothers- […]
