By Cassandra Loper Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. — A proposal to outlaw the declawing of cats, a procedure that animal rights advocates call cruel and unnecessary, failed to advance from a House subcommittee last month. House Bill 1382 would have made cat declawing a $500 civil penalty for the […]
In celebration of Black History month, New River Community College (NRCC) and the college’s Black History Committee will sponsor a guest speaker and music program on Sunday, February 19 at 3 p.m. The event will be held in 117 Edwards Hall at NRCC in Dublin, and admission is free. Keynote […]
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 Free […]
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 […]