Access to Outdoor Recreation a Top Priority for Virginians RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced the publication of Virginia’s new comprehensive, statewide plan for enhancing outdoor recreation, the Virginia Outdoors Plan. “Virginia is rich with an abundance of best-in-class outdoor recreational opportunities. The 2024 Virginia Outdoors Plan serves […]
By RODNEY YOUNG Patriot Publishing ROANOKE – It’s becoming a broken record for the Pulaski County Cougars! Play a close game, but lose in the last couple minutes. Such was Wednesday night’s game against Cave Spring as they lost to the Knights on the road, 66-61. Down 62-61 with 18 seconds […]
June 27, 1953 January 19, 2025 Shirley Ann Brooks Redd, 71, passed away at her home in Radford on Sunday, January 19, 2025. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church and was retired from Volvo Trucks where she was an operator for 33 years. In her spare time, […]
RICHMOND,VA — Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that 10 companies across the Commonwealth of Virginia are graduating from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program, and 17 companies have joined the two-year program. VALET, which now has 412 graduated companies, assists Virginia exporters that have […]
October 25, 1968 January 21, 2025 Jason Kelly Cook, 56, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. He was a longtime employee at Volvo. Jason enjoyed hunting, fishing and working on old cars. Survivors include his mother, Sandra Dickerson; father, William Cook; daughters, Dani Chandler and Emily Cook; grandchildren, Marlee […]
Barbara Kay Crowder Davis, 74, of Pulaski, passed away on January 19, 2025 at Lewis Gale Hospital in Pulaski. She was born on February 20, 1950 to the late Garnett F. Crowder Sr. and Virginia N. Crowder. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, […]
Lisa Gail Miller, age 62 of Pulaski passed away Sunday, January 19, 2025 at the Good Samaritan Hospice House in Roanoke, Virginia. Born October 2, 1962 to the late Orville Eugene Miller, Sr. & Norma Beatrice McPeak Miller. She was also preceded in death by her sister Renee Lynn Miller. […]
Connie Sue Dyer Caviness, age 65 of Austinville, VA, died Sunday evening, January 19, 2025 at her residence. She was born on March 10, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio, and was the daughter of the late Dortha Maude Gant and the late Tommie E. Dyer. She was a former supervisor at […]
Michael Horning Downloaded Over 600 Images of Child Pornography ROANOKE, Va. – A former professor of communications at Virginia Tech, who used peer-to-peer filesharing software to download child pornography, was sentenced last week to 60 months in federal prison. In September 2024, Michael Horning, 51, of Christiansburg, Va., pled […]
The Pulaski County School Board will be meeting for several budget work sessions in the upcoming weeks. The dates and topics of the meetings are as follows: February 4, 2025, 5:30 p.m. – Work Session #1: State Revenue Forecast; PCPS Enrollment Numbers/Forecast, SBO Budget, Capital Projects/Revenue Review, Budget Priorities and Needs […]
By JACK BOWMAN, EMMA TUFO AND PAUL KIEFER Capital News Service WASHINGTON, D.C.–Republican Donald Trump took office as the 47th President of the United States Monday, saying that he was “saved by God to make America great again.” “In everything we do, my administration will be inspired by a strong […]
Monday, January 20, 2025 – U.S. President Donald J. Trump has been sworn into office as the country’s 47th president of the United States of America. Following the inauguration ceremony, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: “I congratulate President Trump and Vice President Vance on today’s proceedings, […]