Coming up Saturday… On Saturday, June 7, the Christiansburg Fire Dept is partnering with the Radford City Fire Department for a benefit ride in memory of Jeremy Compton. Jeremy passed away earlier this week after a long battle with cancer.
Appalachian Power this week filed a request with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to lower the electric transmission cost for customers. The transmission rate adjustment clause, known as the T-RAC, is the portion of a customer’s bill that recovers costs for transmission services, fees and new construction. Transmission costs […]
Seen here with examples of the donated Guardian Helmet Caps are (from left) Cougar Head Coach Cam Akers, rising sophomore Anius Slaughter, Mr. Gale Grantham, rising senior Trevor Gallimore, and PCHS AD Scott Vest. (Pulaski County Public Schools) Pulaski County Public Schools Todd Grantham may have left Pulaski County […]
Barbara Ann Kalski, 90, of Fredericksburg, VA, passed away peacefully at her home on April 29, 2024. She was proceeded in death by her grandparents, contractor, John F. Hall (Papa) and Mary Jane Black (Mama), parents Robert R. Hall (Daddy Bob) and Gladys Madeline Hall (Red) of Robinson Tract Road, […]
Beginning this week, online readers of The Patriot will no longer be able to access the newspaper for free. In order to read the paper and its archives online, readers will have to purchase a subscription. Digital subscription rates are available for one month ($5), three months ($15), six months […]
The Pulaski River Turtles pounded out 12 hits Wednesday night in Huntington enroute to an 8-4 win over the Tri-State Coal Cats. It was Pulaski’s second win in a row to start off the 2024 season. Pulaski pitchers limited Tri-State to just four hits on the night. Seth Buchanan led […]
Burnham Phillip Jackson Jr. (Phil), 73, of Pearisburg, VA, passed away Sunday May 19th, 2024 in Greensboro, NC surrounded by his loved ones. He was born May 7th, 1951, the son of the late Mr. Burnham Jackson Sr. and Mrs. Isabelle Preston Jackson of Dublin, VA. He was the younger […]
Terry (Scooter) Wayne Mitchell, age 63 of Pulaski, died early morning, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at his residence. He was born in Pulaski on December 21, 1960, and was the youngest child of the late Janie Rosetta Nunn Mitchell and the late Henry Lee Mitchell. Terry loved to hunt and […]
By RODNEY YOUNG Patriot Publishing Playing at historic Calfee Park and enduring a rainstorm that delayed the game for an hour, the Pulaski County Cougars continued their winning ways Tuesday, defeating the Flying Flucos of Fluvanna County, 12-5 in a Class 3 State Quarterfinal game. After going three-up-and-three-down in the top […]
By MIKE WILLIAMS Patriot Publishing The 2024 Appalachian League season got off to a rousing start Tuesday in Huntington, W.Va. for the Pulaski River Turtles, who knocked off league newcomer Tri-State Coal Cats, 6-3. Pulaski led from the beginning, with Seth Buchanan (Lebanon, Va.) scoring on an Austen Jaslove […]
RICHMOND, VA – Governor Youngkin today announced the end of the California electric vehicle mandate in Virginia, effective at the end of 2024 when California’s current regulations expire. An official opinion from Attorney General Jason Miyares in response to a request by the Governor and Senate Republican Leader Ryan McDougle confirms […]
Pulaski County beats Fluvanna, 12-5 at Calfee Park in the VHSL Class 3 baseball quarterfinals. The Cougars now advance to the semi-finals vs. York (Yorktown) on Friday, June 7 @ 2 pm. at Monticello High School in Albemarle County outside Charlottesville. Pulaski County is now 16-10 on the season, while […]