BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ahmed Hill scored 20 points and No. 10 Virginia Tech shot nearly 66 percent as it drubbed Maryland-Eastern Shore 85-40 on Friday night, the Hokies’ sixth consecutive victory. Kerry Blackshear Jr. added 15 points and Wabissa Bede scored 14 for the Hokies (11-1), who continued their […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new state report says Virginia’s economy continued to grow at a slower rate than the rest of the country in fiscal year 2018. Virginia’s latest Comprehensive Annual Financial Report says the state continues to fall behind the nation in most areas. Personal income grew 4.1 […]
STAUNTON, Va. (AP) — The first thing you need to know is: they’re here because you’re here. They wait in one of December’s empty trees, on the high edge of a neighborhood hill on Fillmore Street, looking ungainly even at rest, like the unwanted ornaments still attached to the Christmas […]
The 2018 Pulaski County football season has been over for a month now. I always like to wait until this time of the year to make a final assessment of the latest Cougar campaign. Sometimes when all the emotion has subsided, and things settle down, the picture often has a […]
For the first time in over a decade, Pulaski County’s debt per capita now exceeds the state average. That was one finding of a draft report of an annual audit of the county’s books by Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates of Blacksburg. The audit is for the county’s last complete fiscal […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When it comes to marijuana, Virginia has lagged behind many states where the drug has been decriminalized or legalized for recreational use. With lawmakers approving an expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program in 2018, supporters of decriminalization are hoping that momentum will continue in 2019. […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Duke has earned must-see status with its touted freshmen and No. 1 ranking as the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule starts next week. There isn’t nearly the same type of attention on fourth-ranked Virginia, even as the reigning league champion with returning experience and a defensive-minded style […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Bryce Perkins wasn’t with Virginia when the Cavaliers made their first bowl appearance in six years last season, but the quarterback has heard about the disappointing trip and is helping them prepare for a different outcome. The Cavaliers do not want a repeat performance in the […]
Henry Jackson ”Jack” Horton, Sr., 82, of Pulaski, VA died early Tuesday morning, December 25, 2018, in the LewisGale Hospital Pulaski. He was born in Pulaski on February 20, 1936 and was the son of the late Gilbert Henry Horton and Margaret Reed Horton. Jack was the owner of NRV […]
AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (AP) — President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Wednesday, leaving behind a partially shuttered U.S. government to greet American troops helping hold off extremists in a country where thousands of Americans died during the recent war. It comes a week after Trump stunned […]
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — If he were laying odds, state Sen. Chap Petersen would like the chances that Virginia’s General Assembly will legalize sports gambling. “I’ve talked to a couple people who are not crazy about it, starting with my mother,” said Petersen, a Fairfax Democrat. “But I don’t […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginians bought more alcohol in the state’s beverage control stores and restaurants as the state agency saw record sales for the 20th year in a row. The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority said in a new report that its total sales were $983.3 million in fiscal […]