SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — As if a cup of coffee wasn’t expensive enough, a confluence of factors is driving up farmers’ costs to grow the beans and it could begin filtering down to your local cafe before the end of the year. After hovering for years near $1 per […]
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Dollar Tree embedded in its very name what it stands for: Behind these doors, everything can be had for just $1. The mantra to which the Chesapeake, Virginia, company has held true for decades will now be only mostly true. After expanding nationwide from only a […]
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — There’s no question who Virginia will start at quarterback. That’s not the case with Miami. The Hurricanes (2-2) open their Atlantic Coast Conference schedule on Thursday night against Virginia (2-2), and will be facing the national leader in passing yards per game so far this […]
Nora Jane Flynn 97 of Pulaski, VA, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2021. She was born August 26, 1924 in Draper, VA, daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth Flynn. She was a member of Slaughter’s Chapel United Methodist Church. She continued to serve God as a member of Randolph […]
It took less than a month to dramatically change the look of the Atlantic Coast Conference race and likely knock the league out of the national-title hunt. Six-time reigning league champion and 25th-ranked Clemson has an early league loss against one of its top division challengers and two losses overall. […]
Aubrey Carlton Henley passed away Sept. 21 2021 at his home in Kissimmee Florida after battling cancer. He was born Sept. 28 1953 to the late Johnnie Ward and Dorothy Watson Henley of Hiwassee VA. He was preceded in death by his brother Johnny Wayne Henley of Hiwassee, his step-daughter […]
March 27, 1938 – September 28, 2021 Peggy Jane Hudson Rorrer, age 83, of Pulaski, Virginia passed away peacefully at her home on September 28, 2021, after a long illness. Peggy was born in Pulaski to the late Robert Alfred Hudson, Sr. and Thelma Harrell Hudson. She is survived by […]
Ethan Michael Havens, 26, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court to three counts of distribution and two counts of possession of child pornography RICHMOND – Former Christiansburg Police Department Officer Ethan Michael Havens, 26, of Christiansburg, has pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court to three counts of distribution […]
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) today awarded $41,075 to FIRST Chesapeake Robotics to support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in Southwest Virginia. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: “Quality STEM education will serve students for a lifetime and draw attention to our region from innovative businesses […]
NRCC’s Fiddle, Banjo & Dance Club’s 2021-22 season kicks off Oct. 9.
There will be another round of hearings on property reassessments in coming weeks following action Monday evening by the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors. Also, the date of the county’s official observance of Halloween has been set and the board has given a preliminary OK to a project to create […]
Patrick Ford, Program Director for Pulaski on Main loves Pulaski. He just can’t understand why the natives don’t. Speaking before the county Board of Supervisors on Monday evening, Ford updated the board on several events POM has held of late, including a recent Inspiring Pulaski County Women Breakfast, a window […]