(AP) – A Republican state senator is among a group of people suing the Virginia Redistricting Commission over plans to count prisoners at their last known address instead of the prisons where they’re incarcerated. The lawsuit says the change will politically weaken Virginia’s rural and conservative areas after the state […]
Monday, August 16, 2021 – Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today issued the following statement regarding the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan: “While I have supported an orderly withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan, President Biden and his Administration have botched America’s exit. The problem was not withdrawing American troops, but that […]
(AP) – Another college football season will start with everyone chasing the Tide. Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll for fourth time in the past six seasons. Coming off its sixth national championship under Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide enters the season loaded with […]
(AP) – The beating blades of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport on Sunday punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as well, as a stunningly swift Taliban takeover entered the heart of Afghanistan’s capital. Two weeks from the […]
Curtis Floyd Wyatt, age 45 of Wytheville, Virginia passed away Friday, August 13, 2021 at his home. Born July 2, 1976 in Dublin he was the son of Harrison Floyd Wyatt and Alice Lawson Wyatt. He is survived by his Children – Christy Wyatt, Heaven Wyatt and Hunter Wyatt Parents […]
Theodore Hezel, Jr., age 59 of Pulaski passed away Saturday, August 14, 2021 at his home. Born October 11, 1961 in Hackettstown, N.J., he was the son of Betty Groover Hezel and the late Theodore Hezel. He was a supervisor employed by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems in Radford. He is […]
Sharon Ann Sayers, 55, of Pulaski, passed away Friday, August 13, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Fred and Okie Martin. She became a full time MeMaw when the light of her life, grandson Maddox was born. Sharon loved helping Matt in the garage, and reading, especially Harry […]
Brenda Kaye Thompson Jones, age 76 of Dublin, died Friday, August 13, 2021 at her residence. She was born in Pulaski County on October 27, 1944, and was the daughter of the late Gladys Compton Thompson and Roy C. Thompson. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death […]
(Richmond, Va.) — Today the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced that Virginia will make third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines available for moderately and severely immunocompromised Virginians, starting as early as August 14. This move comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its vaccination […]
The Patton Logistics Group to invest $11 million to expand trucking, logistics, and warehousing operation RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that The Patton Logistics Group will invest $11 million to expand its trucking, logistics, and warehousing operation in the New River Valley Commerce Park in Pulaski County. The company will […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Students, teachers and staff at public and private K-12 schools must wear a mask while indoors under a new public health order Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration issued Thursday. The move came after a handful of school districts in recent days decided to buck the […]
Jack Donald Via aka Cowboy Jack, 87, passed away on Saturday 13th of March, 2021 in Kernersville, NC. He was born November 10th, 1933 in Pulaski, Va. He was the son of the late Robert James Via and Hazel Kane Via. He was married to the late Shirley Shomaker Via […]