Due to a broken air conditioning unit at the School Board Office, the Pulaski County School Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. tonight at Pulaski County Middle School for a regular school board meeting with a closed session before the meeting at 5:00 p.m. 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 […]
In the first River Ridge District match of the year, Blacksburg easily outdistanced field with a 4 under total of 284 on the Blacksburg Country Club par 72 course. They are the 2-time defending State champs and have 5 starters back. Medalist were Greyson Laird and Cameron Sharp of Blacksburg […]
April 5, 1942 August 11, 2024 Larry Dean “Punk” Reese, 82, of Max Meadows, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2024, at LewisGale Pulaski Hospital. He was retired from White Motor and attended Galax First Assembly Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Louise Reese; brothers, Paul […]
Pamela Louise Brown Helmick age 75 of Pulaski and formerly of Parkersburg, WV passed away Friday, August 9, 2024 at the Pulaski Health Care Center. Born October 4, 1948, in Parkersburg, WV, she was the daughter of the late Allen Brown and Marian Louise Phillips Brown. She was also preceded in […]
Right lane and ramps on to and off northbound I-81 are closed SALEM – Emergency bridge repairs on northbound Interstate 81 at exit 94 in Pulaski County will impact drivers this afternoon and into the overnight hours. To repair a large pothole in the bridge over Route 99, the right […]
June 30, 1943 August 10, 2024 Juanita Marie Thompson Wilson, 81, of Dublin, went home to meet her Lord and Savior on August 10, 2024, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Wythe County, Virginia on June 30, 1943, and was the daughter of the […]
David E. Harden, age 78, of Pulaski, died Sunday evening August 11, 2024 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski. www.seaglefuneralhome.com 540-980-1700
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – As the Olympic Games Paris 2024 ended, the Atlantic Coast Conference finished with 98 total medals on the international stage. The ACC finished the 2024 Olympic Games as the conference with the most medalists and the highest number of gold medals. The league’s 98 total medals included […]
RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin issued this statement following the line of duty death of Smyth County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Hunter Reedy and Deputy Michael Fedorchuk who was also struck by gunfire: “We ask for everyone to lift-up in prayer and support the family, friends, and colleagues of Deputy Hunter Reedy, who […]
The Virginia State Police investigation into the shooting of two Smyth County Sheriff’s Deputies and the suspect remains ongoing at this time. The incident began at approximately 5 p.m. Friday (Aug. 9, 2024) when Town of Marion Police initiated a traffic stop on Route 16 in town, but the vehicle […]
Jerry Wayne Thomas, age 69 of Fairlawn, died Saturday, August 10, 2024 at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski. www.seaglefuneralhome.com 540-980-1700
The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Wytheville Field Office is investing a fatal shooting in Smyth County. The shooting claimed the life of a Smyth County Sheriff’s Deputy and wounded a second Smyth County Sheriff’s Deputy. The incident began at approximately 5 p.m. Friday (Aug. 9, 2024) when […]