RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local):3:30 p.m.President Donald Trump says the safety of the American people is his “absolute highest priority” as Hurricane Florence takes aim at portions of the East Coast.Trump was being briefed by the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
In response to a state of emergency being called for Hurricane Florence, Pulaski County Public Schools will be closed on Thursday, September 13, 2018 and Friday, September 14, 2018. Thursday will be an Employee Code 1 with all eleven and twelve month employees reporting for regular work-day hours. Friday will […]
Pulaski County High School’s football game this week at home against Carroll County has been moved up to 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Maynard (Jiggs) Ernest Sutphin, 81, of Pulaski, died Monday, September 10, 2018 at Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center. Maynard was born January 14, 1937, in Pulaski County, the son of the late Edith Sirt Sutphin and Tazwell Ellett Sutphin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers […]
Annual Homecoming events at Randolph Avenue United Methodist Church, which were scheduled for Sept. 15 and 16, have been canceled.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricanes Florence and Isaac (all times local):2:30 p.m.Some residents in the Outer Banks have decided to ignore a mandatory evacuation order.Liz Browning Fox in the village of Buxton is one of them. The 65-year-old Fox says her 88-year-old mother has refused to evacuate […]
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 – 11:30 a.m. Situation Appalachian Power is planning its response to Hurricane Florence, a dangerous Category 4 storm that is scheduled to make landfall in the Carolinas on Friday morning. Due to the current storm path, strong winds and heavy rain will likely impact Appalachian Power’s […]
High schools and colleges are scrambling for what to do in the wake of the coming rains. High schools are actually better off. It’s much easier to move their games up. Colleges for a thousand reasons are pretty much stuck with whatever Saturday brings. Area Athletic Directors have […]
The Pulaski County PSA will suspend residential refuse collection service on Friday, September 14, 2018 due to the potential for cans and refuse clogging drains in the event of flooding. Friday’s refuse will be picked up a week later on Friday, September 21.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mandatory evacuations were imposed for parts of three East Coast states Tuesday as millions of Americans prepared for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades.Hurricane Florence’s top winds dipped to 130 mph (215 kph) Tuesday morning, but […]
Ninth District Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement honoring the seventeenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks: “Like many Americans, I remember where I was when I first heard the news on September 11, 2001. As I worked in my office that morning, my bookkeeper at the time, […]
Local firefighters to receive crucial information to help save lives at the scene of an accident; new advancements in vehicle design to be a point of emphasis. There are over 5.8 million vehicle collisions a year. In crashes where minutes can spell the difference between life and death, first responders […]