By Anna Chen Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Elected officials serving in the Virginia General Assembly have a short amount of time to potentially discuss thousands of proposed measures that are either defeated or signed into law. Over 1,900 bills were introduced this session, in addition to joint resolutions […]
The Pulaski County School Board will have a budget work session on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. at the Pulaski County School Board Office. The meeting will be broadcast live on the PCPS YouTube Channel. The agenda is posted at: http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/pcva/Board.nsf/Public
Jesse Monroe Mitchell, age 78 of Pulaski passed away Friday, February 3, 2023 in Pulaski he was the son of the late Lawrence E. Mitchell and Georgia Guynn Mitchell. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Clyde, George and Ed Mitchell, sisters, Rosie Saunders, Virginia Patton, Peggy Morris. […]
By MIKE WILLIAMS The Patriot There is good news for those with Medicaid in Pulaski County! The Pulaski Free Clinic is now accepting new patients with Medicaid at its facility in downtown Pulaski. According to Linda Frank, Executive Director of the clinic, it took some 18 months for Pulaski […]
By WILLIAM PAINE The Patriot A November 3rd article published in the Patriot revealed that Pulaski County Public Schools will no longer provide a location for the Southwest Virginia Governor’s School nor will PCPS serve as Fiscal Manager for the SWVA Gov School. According to the PCPS administration, the primary […]
Updated joint press release from Sheriff Mike Worrell and Commonwealth Attorney Justin Griffith, of the Baptist Hollow Road incident from 1-30-23. On Jan. 20, 2023, an employee from New River Valley Community Services was conducting a home visit to a client at a residence in the 6000 block of Baptist […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Louisville and Wake Forest have been selected as the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball co-favorites by the league’s 14 head coaches. The Cardinals and Demon Deacons were each chosen as the ACC’s likely overall winner by six coaches in this season’s preseason poll released Thursday. Clemson and […]
The Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery is seeking military veterans to serve on a Honor Guard team providing ceremonial rifle shots at veterans cemetery. If you are a veteran of any military service branch and have received an honorable discharge, you can join this honor guard team and help provided this […]
Mack Truck Photo Employees at Mack Trucks Roanoke Valley Operations (RVO) in Roanoke Valley, Virginia, pose with the 10,000th Mack® MD Series vehicle that recently rolled off the production line. The Mack MD6, a Class 6 model, and the MD7, a Class 7 model, began rolling off the line Sept. […]
Barbara Hilton Layman, 1942-2023 Barbara Hilton “Tinky” Layman, 80, of Pulaski, Va., passed away at Commonwealth Senior Living in Fairlawn, Va. on the morning of January 31, 2023. Tinky was born in Beckley, West Virginia on November 30, 1942 to the late James and Wilma Shanklin Hilton. She lived in […]
By Madison Hirneisen (The Center Square) – Core components of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s $1 billion package of proposed tax cuts – bills to reduce the top income tax rate, raise the standard deduction and lower the corporate income tax rate – were voted down in a Senate committee Tuesday, […]
Barbara “Tinky” Hilton Layman, age 80 of Pulaski, died early Tuesday morning, January 31, 2023 at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Fairlawn. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski. www.seaglefuneralhome.com 540-980-1700