WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting. The justices granted an emergency appeal from Virginia’s Republican administration. The justices acted on the state’s emergency […]
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Vera Christine Burkett Mottesheard, age 89 of Draper passed away Thursday, October 17, 2024 at Highland Ridge Rehab Center, Dublin. Born March 10, 1935 in Saltville, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Ira Christopher Burkett and Lillian Virginia Taylor Burkett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded […]
Hear Mozart and Beethoven’s Piano Music on a Rare 1792 Viennese Fortepiano Pulaski – The Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley and the Pulaski Theatre are pleased to present Vienna-based Daniel Adam Maltz performing on a 1792 Viennese fortepiano—the early piano as Mozart and Beethoven knew it—on November […]
Radford, VA—FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge and Glencoe Mansion are pleased to host the third of “The Glencoe Sessions” with an evening of music inside the Glencoe Mansion with the multi-talented musician Earl White on Friday, November 1, from 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Tickets are $15 each and are […]
SALEM – With a weekend full of racing, drivers should expect an increased volume of traffic in the vicinity of Martinsville Speedway on Friday, November 1, Saturday, November 2 and Sunday, November 3. For the race being held on Sunday, November 3, the Virginia Department of Transportation encourages race fans […]
April 9, 1944 October 28, 2024 Alfred Lee Hughett, 80, passed away Monday, October 28, 2024, at his home in Pulaski County surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Rachel Hughett; 2 brothers; 3 sisters, and granddaughter, Kim Jones. He owned and […]
River Junction is excited to announce that the Paddlers Creekside Campground, which is located just next door along Reed Creek in Wythe County, will be taking over all your rental and activity needs including tubing, kayaking and canoeing for the 2025 season. Both campgrounds were impacted heavily by Hurricane Helena, […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Virginia Small Business Finance Authority in partnership with the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission will offer disaster loans to farmers and agricultural and forestry small businesses located in counties affected by Hurricane Helene in Southwest Virginia. The Agricultural Disaster Microloan Program will provide financial assistance […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to allow the state to remove roughly 1,600 voters from its rolls that it believes are noncitizens. The request comes after a federal appeals court on Sunday unanimously upheld a federal judge’s order restoring the registrations of […]
December 30, 1944 October 27, 2024 Martha Kate Webb Olverson, 79, of Radford, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2024. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ike Webb and Bertha Davidson; her loving husband, Rudolph Olverson; sisters, Dency Webb, Mildred Williams, Catherine Parsons and Lola Gambill; and her […]
MAX MEADOWS, Va. – The Inn at Foster Falls, an iconic structure located within the heart of New River Trail State Park, has been honored with a 2024 Virginia Historic Preservation Award. Preservation Virginia presents the awards annually to recognize exemplary historic preservation projects and historical research in the Commonwealth. […]