ROANOKE – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a temporary lowering of water levels at Appalachian Power’s Claytor Hydroelectric Project in southwest Virginia. Appalachian, in cooperation with the Friends of Claytor Lake and Pulaski County, requested the drawdown to provide lakeside property owners an opportunity to perform shoreline construction […]
Radford City Sheriff Mark Armentrout confirmed this morning that 12th District Delegate Chris Hurst and a female passenger in a car he was driving was stopped by a deputy late Monday night after the deputy observed the woman vandalizing campaign signs. Armentrout said he could confirm the following: “My deputy, […]
Virginia State Police Trooper J.T. Hackney is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Giles County. The crash occurred Oct. 29, 2021 at 9:32 p.m. on Route 460 at Route 774. A 2019 Nissan Versa was traveling west on Route 460 when it ran off the left side of the highway, […]
Virginia Painter Perkins, 99, of Wytheville, VA died Sunday, October 17, 2021 in the Commonwealth Senior Living at Radford, VA. She was born in Pulaski on June 13, 1922 and was the daughter of the late James Caddall Painter and Maude Miller Painter. She was also preceded in death by […]
Tuesday 11/02/21 Cross Country: Region 4D Meet at Panorama Farms (Albemarle) 3 pm Thursday 11/04/21 JV Football: Pulaski Co. @ Christiansburg 6 pm Friday 11/05/21 Varsity Football: Christiansburg @ Pulaski Co. 7 pm (Fall Sports Senior Night) […]
Congressman Griffith’s Ninth District STAFF will be available at the following locations during the month of November. Traveling office hours follow the status of local government offices, which vary across the 22 counties and nine independent cities of the Ninth District. As local government offices reopen, office hours will be resumed. November 4, […]
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Alex Bowman was the only driver celebrating after NASCAR set its championship four — and he’s not even racing for the title. Bowman picked up the victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway in the final elimination race ahead of the winner-take-all season finale. Bowman wasn’t eligible to […]
(AP) – Michigan State moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll and Wake Forest became a top-10 team on Sunday for the first time in school history. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 for the fourth straight week in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Winning with tough defense has been BYU’s path to success this season. The 25th-ranked Cougars proved they still know how to light up a scoreboard. BYU outlasted Virginia 66-49 on Saturday night in a game in which the teams combined for 1,322 yards and 115 points. […]
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — Cole Johnson threw a school-record six touchdown passes and James Madison beat Elon 45-21 on Saturday to take over first place in the Colonial Athletic Association. The victory gave the Dukes (7-1, 5-1) the conference lead over William & Mary and Villanova, both 4-1. The Tribe […]
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Seth Morgan threw for 463 yards and three touchdowns and VMI scored the final 19 points to sneak past Samford 46-45 on Saturday. Samford had a 45-27 lead with 4:34 remaining in the third quarter after a 16-play, 76-yard drive. But VMI answered with touchdown drives […]
Dana Ray “D. J.” White, Jr. age 33 of Draper passed away Friday, October 29, 2021 at Lewis Gale Hospital, Salem. Born February 1, 1988 in Radford, he is the son of Donna Jones White and the late Dana Ray “Danny” White. He was a graduate of the Pulaski County […]