Pedro Espinola used his second double-digit strikeout performance of the season to lead the Yankees to a 3-2 win over the visiting Princeton Rays Thursday night. Pulaski salvaged a victory in the series finale to avoid the sweep in advance of their 2018 home finale Friday. Espinola earned his first […]
Blasting could start any day now at the site of construction for the new middle school. Representatives of RRMM Architects and Gay and Neel provided an update on construction of the school Wednesday evening to a joint meeting of the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors and School Board. Board members […]
“The goal was always to provide an opportunity where an opportunity wasn’t. And it goes both ways. Whether you’re seeing a show, or whether you’re performing in the show,” said Kendall Payne, founder of Adaire Theatre.Adaire Theatre is in its seventh season, and for Payne, the journey just keeps getting […]
The Pulaski County football team will open the 2018 season on the road in Roanoke Friday evening against long standing rival Northside. The Vikings took the measure of the Cougars last season in the lid-lifter in Dobson Stadium, 38-28. Pulaski County leads the all-time series between the two schools, […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Audrey Gertrude Shufflebarger Burton announces her peaceful passing on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at the age of 94 years. She was born on February 18, 1924 in Pulaski, VA to the proud parents of Jesse and Maggie (Linbury) Shufflebarger. Audrey attended […]
RAPHINE, Va. (AP) — An urgent care clinic is set to open next year at a travel center off Interstate 81, partly intended to serve truck drivers passing through.The Roanoke Times reports Carilion Clinic announced Wednesday that it will lease much of an 8,300-square-foot building being constructed by the truck […]
The Pulaski Yankees took part in their first doubleheader of the 2018 season, and the Princeton Rays won both games at Calfee Park by scores of 7-5 and 9-4 on Wednesday night. In the opener, the Pulaski Yankees erased a 4-1 deficit and grabbed a 5-4 lead, only to have […]
Wingfoot One visiting New River Valley as part of Thompson Tire’s 50th Anniversary celebration The iconic Goodyear Blimp Wingfoot One will fly over Calfee Park Friday evening during the Pulaski Yankees final home game of the 2018 season and will visit the New River Valley August 23-25 in celebration of the […]
Ruby King Poore, 92, of Roanoke, Va., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital surrounded by family. She was born Ruby Lois King on May 28, 1926 in Switchback, W.Va., to her parents, Robert Roy and Betty (Hedge) King. She married Jesse Poore, Jr. on […]
The first of three games between the Pulaski Yankees and the Princeton Rays on Tuesday night was rained out at Calfee Park and rescheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, August 22. Both teams will participate in a doubleheader with the first game beginning at 6pm and gates opening at 4:30. The doubleheader […]
Cora Lee Marshall Cox Martin, age 91, departed this life Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Carrington House Nursing Home in Wytheville, VA after an extended illness. She was born in Pulaski, Virginia on February 21, 1927 to William Marshall and Rosella Hollie. Being the oldest child of 11 children, she […]
(UPDATED) * I-81 PAVING OPERATION IN PULASKI COUNTY – Paving operations will be conducted on I-81 northbound from exit 93 to 98. Alternating right/left lane closure will be in place from Sunday, August 19 to Friday, August 24 from 10pm to 6am, Sunday night to Friday morning. Estimated Completion: December 2018. PULASKI COUNTY (UPDATED) * […]