RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced a nearly 89% decrease in the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) backlog. This is the first step in the governor’s day one game plan commitment to fix the VEC and put government to work for Virginians. On day one, Secretary of Labor Bryan […]
Monday 02/21/22 First Day Spring Sports Practice Begin Spring Dead Period: Fall & Winter Sports Can Have No Activity Tuesday 02/22/22 Region Girls Basketball: Pulaski Co. @ Louisa Co. 6:30 pm Note: According to the Louisa athletic director, masks are required by all spectators and coaches and players not in the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Charley Taylor, the Hall of Fame receiver who ended his 13-season career with Washington as the NFL’s career receptions leader, died Saturday. He was 80. The Commanders said Taylor died at an assisted-living facility in Northern Virginia. The cause of death wasn’t announced. Inducted into the Pro […]
By MIKE WILLIAMS The Patriot Currently there are 580 students enrolled in Pulaski County Schools’ learning loss programs in an effort to close the learning gaps caused by the COVID pandemic. Roxanne Souma, Coordinator of Secondary Education told the school board at their meeting last week that increases in state […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Caleb Love scored 21 points with seven assists and North Carolina defeated Virginia Tech 65-57 on Saturday to snap the Hokies’ six-game winning streak. Armando Bacot had 15 rebounds and scored all 12 of his points in the second half for his 20th double-double this season […]
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Jayden Gardner scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half, Kihei Clark scored 14 of his 17 after the break and Virginia stormed back to beat Miami 74-71 on Saturday. Gardner, the reigning Atlantic Coast Conference player of the week, sank 9 of […]
Lora Melvin Lyons Thornton, age 71 of Radford passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022 at her home. Born August 12, 1950 in Bland, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Andrew Melvin and Irene Kirby Melvin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — It was literally the first thing Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, did when he took office last month: sign an executive order designed to root out critical race theory from the state’s education system. He ordered the Department of Education to conduct a review and even […]
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — For the victim, a 78-year-old man from Annandale, it started with an effort to find some companionship. He created an account on a social network called iFlirt, then made contact with someone identifying herself as a widowed woman in her 30s who seemed interested. As […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s Senate Democrats have voted down about 20 of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s priorities so far in this year’s General Assembly session, but the newly inaugurated Republican remains optimistic about the entirety of his hefty agenda. Youngkin scored a major victory this week with bipartisan legislation to […]
Margaret Alice Vest Brewster, born February 4, 1941, daughter of the late Charlie William Vest and Gladys Van Dyke Vest, passed peacefully in her home in Dublin on Thursday, February 17, 2022. Alice graduated from Big Creek High School Class of 1960 in War, West Virginia. After graduating from high […]
By MIKE WILLIAMS The Patriot Pulaski Town Manager Darlene Burcham on Tuesday provided Town Council with an update on a number of initiatives town staff have underway as it relates to use of federal ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds. “Some of these things will be visible to you all […]