Babcock will lead a national search to hire a new leader for Tech football program Hokiesports.com BLACKSBURG – Director of Athletics Whit Babcock announced on Tuesday that Virginia Tech and head football coach Justin Fuente have mutually agreed to part ways. Babcock indicated that a national search is underway to fill the position. J.C. Price will serve […]
(AP) – Gonzaga, UCLA and Kansas held the top three spots in The Associated Press’ first Top 25 rankings of the regular season while Michigan climbed two spots to No. 4. The Bulldogs received 55 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel in the poll released Monday after a win over Texas. […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Storm Murphy scored 17 points, Justyn Mutts had 11 points and eight rebounds, and Virginia Tech beat Radford 65-39 on Monday night. Murphy made four of Virginia Tech’s 10 3-pointers. Radford was just 2 of 24 from distance. Three of VT’s 3-pointers came in the final […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia officials certified the results of the Nov. 2 election on Monday, giving Republicans a two-seat majority in the House of Delegates. But two races where Republicans are leading by razor-thin margins are eligible for recounts, leaving open a remote possibility of a 50-50 split in […]
Dublin Town Offices will be closed Thursday, November 25th and Friday, November 26th to observe the Thanksgiving Holiday.
The next Pulaski County Board of Supervisors’ meeting is on Monday, November 22, 2021, not Nov. 29, as indicated in an article published in our print edition last Friday and online.
Study information available online with comments accepted through December 1 SALEM – The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is seeking public comments about a study that is under way to consider a new multi-use path called the Valley to Valley Trail that would connect the Roanoke Valley to the New […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia House Republicans on Sunday unanimously elected their leadership team for the upcoming legislative session, nominating Del. Todd Gilbert to serve as House speaker. The vote came nearly two weeks after Republicans flipped the Democratic-held offices of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general in a red […]
(AP) – Alabama jumped Cincinnati to No. 2 behind Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday and Oklahoma dropped eight spots to No. 12 after losing for the first time this season. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank […]
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Winsome Sears says voters learned where she stands as she made history campaigning to become the first Black woman elected to statewide office in Virginia. But Sears may be less known for her policy positions than for a campaign photo showing the 57-year-old former Marine […]
By WILLIAM PAINE For The Patriot For the first time ever, the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley held its First Friday’s concert event at the Max on Main coffee shop on Pulaski’s West Main Street. The interior of the new coffee house/restaurant treats the customer to a […]
Jimmy Wakely Dobbins, 74, of Pulaski died November 12, 2021. He was preceded in death by his Father and Mother Andrew and Maggie Dobbins. Brother Lawrence Eugene Dobbins and Sister Opal Dobbins Ratcliffe. Mr. Dobbins is survived by his wife of 49 Years Betty Dobbins of Pulaski Virginia; sons, Doug […]