New look celebrates Virginia, enhances security RICHMOND – Beginning today, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is releasing a refreshed design of Virginia driver’s licenses and ID cards. The new credentials incorporate the next generation of enhanced security features that are resistant to counterfeiting and illustrate the beauty of […]
The Friends of the RatcliffeTransportation Museum recently purchased three bricks to honor the memory of these people who were supportive of the Ratcliffe with their time and donations. They will be placed in Brick Garden in front of the museum.
Due to social media, visitor centers everywhere have been experiencing declining visitors. After COVID visitors were further diminished. In Pulaski we went from 10,000 visitors a year to just 500, we knew something needed to be done to highlight all the county has to offer. We decided to make an […]
RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced more than 4.52 million people in Virginia’s labor force—the most ever since first recorded in 1976. The labor force participation rate has increased to 65.9% in March, a rate higher than the February 2020 pre-pandemic rate of 65.7%. According to Bureau of […]
Matthew Shawn Cook, age 37 of Draper, Virginia passed away April 19, 2023. Matthew was born March 5, 1986 in Radford Virginia. “Matt” is the son of Living mother Brendalea Farmer– and is preceded in death by loving father Marvin Jessie Cook, a brother Luke Esley Cook, and was the […]
Reverend Preston Orr Sartelle, Jr., age 82, of Wytheville passed away Friday, April 21,2023. He was born in Richlands, VA but at an early age the family moved to Draper’s Valley, Virginia where he was raised. This began Preston’s long history with Draper’s Valley Presbyterian Church and the Draper community. […]
Clinton Leon Key, age 87 of Pulaski passed away Thursday, April 20, 2023 in the Montgomery Regional Hospital. Born October 15, 1935 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Clint Edward Key and Virginia Bell Shelor Key. He was also preceded in death by a […]
By RODNEY YOUNG For The Patriot Pulaski County Cougar boys basketball will be looking for a new head coach. Tyler Cannoy has been told that the administration has decided to go in a different direction. Coach Cannoy just finished his fourth season as the Cougar head coach. He finishes with […]
Vincent (Vince) Lee Albert of Chino Valley, AZ, formerly of Parrott, VA, born on June 28, 1958 to Nelson Albert and the late Pat Quesenberry passed away, at the age of 64, on Sunday April 9, 2023 in Prescott Valley, AZ after a very brief illness. Vince was married to […]
Carl Rudy Rash, 67, of Moneta, Virginia, formerly of Pulaski, passed away on February 10, 2023, at Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Pulaski, on October 6, 1955. He graduated from Pulaski High School in 1974 and received BS in Education and MS in Urban Planning degrees from […]
Douglas Duvall Kidd age 82 of Pulaski passed away peacefully at Pulaski Health and Rehabilitation Center on April 18, 2023. He was born October 20, 1940 in Draper, he was the son of the late Robert “Buck” Kidd and Juanita Kidd. In addition to the parents, he was preceded in death […]
Mary Jean Long Sonner, age 68 of Pulaski, died Friday, April 14, 2023 at Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Dublin. She was born on February 14, 1955 in Pulaski, and was the daughter of the late Vivie Mae Johnson Long and the late Floyd McKinnley Long. Per Mary’s request, she […]