One week after an inexplicable loss, No. 24 Virginia Tech is back in the AP Top 25, coming off a road win against a ranked opponent and looking ahead to its toughest test to date: a prime-time home game against No. 6 Notre Dame. The Hokies (3-1) knocked then-No. 22 […]
Irene S. Frost, age 87 of Pulaski, went home to Jesus, her Lord and Savior on October 1, 2018 at the The University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, following a fall the previous week. She was born on May 24, 1931 and lived in Pulaski, Virginia most of […]
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved an additional funding appropriation of $911,102.18 to the Pulaski County School Board for filling the gap needed to commence and complete the construction of the new consolidated Pulaski County Middle School. “The school board asked the supervisors to help them solve […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and GOP challenger Corey Stewart are set for their third and final planned public debate. The pair will square off Tuesday in Richmond at an event sponsored by AARP Virginia. The debate will be televised and shown in every media […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — It is a little noisy this week around the Notre Dame campus, and it has nothing to do with the undefeated start by the sixth-ranked Fighting Irish. It has everything to do with their first visit ever to Virginia Tech, where the 24th-ranked Hokies will […]
Wednesday, October 3, 2018, New River Valley Airport Commission, NRV Airport Terminal Building, 5:00 p.m. (Contact: Keith Holt, Airport Manager, 5391 C.V. Jackson Road, Dublin, VA, 24084, 540-674-4141, kpskmanager@gmail.com). This committee is responsible for the oversight of the decisions and activities related to the NRV Airport. Thursday, October 4, 2018, […]
Bob “Taco” Cardoza, age 66 of Pulaski passed away Tuesday morning October 2, 2018 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Born December 27, 1951 in Santa Cruz, California he was the son of the late Manuel Perry Cardoza & Amanda Craft Cardoza Rogers and father-in-law, Clifford W. King. He […]
Live MMA action returns to Pulaski County H.S. in Dublin on Saturday, October 13th. Doors will open at 5:00 P.M. and the fight card begins promptly at 6:00 P.M. The fights are being sanctioned by the state of VA and overseen by the United Combat Arts sanctioning body and DPOR of Richmond, […]
Ellis Perry Yates, age 81 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at his home. Born April 4, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan he was the son of the late Conley Ellis Yates & Lucille Dye Yates. His wife, Lillian Marie Yates, brother, Orville Coleman and sister Dorothy Marie Hicks […]
Ronald Wade Byrd, 73 of Galax, VA died Sunday, September 30, 2018 at his home. He was born in Pulaski, VA on March 22, 1945 and was the son of the late Amos Franklin Byrd and Flora Alice Manuel Byrd. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, […]
The whistle has been blown to start the Elks 2018-19 Hoop Shoot! Hoop Shoot contests is an Elks National Foundation Competition (ENF) program that allows young athletes to excel in an athletic basketball goal contest. Over 3,000,000 students participated 2017 contest . School Champions chosen by PE and Athletics Directors […]
“At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded – killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in 24 months than AIDS killed in 24 years, more in […]