By WILLIAM PAINE Patriot Publishing Pulaski County school administrators are hoping to provide 5 percent pay hikes for school personnel in their next budget to offset expected higher insurance premiums. As usual, much depends on the level of state funding the school system receives. The Pulaski County School Board on […]
Jefferson Elementary School was built in the 1920’s and served the area’s school children until it closed in 1993. Vegg Inc. acquired the building and plans to transform it into an indoor “vertical farm” using state-of-the-art carbon capture technology. By WILLIAM PAINE Patriot Publishing Tuesday’s meeting of the Pulaski […]
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY… * WHAT…Heavy mixed winter precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 6 inches and ice accumulations up to one half an inch. Locally higher snow amounts north of I-64 west of Lexington. Locally higher […]
RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin today declared a state of emergency in advance of the impending winter weather. He is urging all Virginians to take preparatory actions and heed the warnings from their local and state officials. “With another round of winter weather across the state this week […]
The Pulaski County School Board meeting that was scheduled for Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. has been rescheduled to Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Pulaski County School Board Office. The meeting will be streamed live on the Pulaski County Public Schools YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@pulaskicountyschoolboard3729/streams The agenda is posted on BoardDocs. http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/pcva/Board.nsf/Public
The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 Sunday night in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. The Super Bowl win was the Eagles’ second in franchise history. The win by the Eagles deprived the Chiefs of a third-straight Super Bowl victory. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was named MVP. […]
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON… * WHAT…Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 6 inches and ice accumulations around three tenths of an inch possible. Some light sleet accumulations as well. * WHERE…Portions of northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, and […]
By RODNEY YOUNG Patriot Publishing CHRISTIANSBURG – Coming off an impressive win over Abingdon, the Pulaski County Cougars traveled to Christiansburg to take on the Blue Demons who were winless in the district. Christiansburg walloped the Cougars 69-47. They placed four players in double figures. They were led by Ian […]
James “Jimmy” E. Goodman, age 87 of Dublin, Virginia passed away Monday, February 4th, 2025 at his home in Dublin Virginia following a lengthy illness. He was born in a little coal town called Doran, Virginia. He was the son of the late Rev. C. H. Goodman and Anna […]
At 4:13 am on Friday, February 7, 2025, Pulaski Police Department officers responded to a report of a Breaking & Entering In Progress with Shots Fired at a residence in the 300 block of South Madison Avenue in the Town of Pulaski, VA. Officers found a deceased male who was […]
Dana Ann Cregger Turpin, 50, A loving, caring, strong Christian woman passed away Tuesday night in the care of Highland Ridge Rehabilitation in Dublin with family and her closest friends at her side. Dana was born on October 22, 1974, to Russell Henry and Dorothy Sevella Cregger and was a […]