RICHMOND – The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) is issuing this fraud alert to warn citizens of reports that individuals are being targeted across the country with scam e-mails and telephone calls seeking to gain access to their personal identifiable information (PII) for unemployment insurance. The fake e-mails and telephone calls […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – On Thursday, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the fourth amended Executive Order 67 which includes changes to Section 12 related to recreational sports. These changes allow the VHSL Championship + 1 schedule to begin playing in December as scheduled. The VHSL has released its “Guidelines for Return to […]
VSP Searching for Suspect Vehicle Involved in I-81 Shooting The Virginia State Police is searching for the suspect vehicle involved in a shooting this morning on Interstate 81 in Pulaski County. The suspect vehicle is described as a white passenger 4-door sedan with heavily-tinted windows. No license plate or […]
In our story on early voting and Tuesday’s election, we incorrectly stated that voters need to bring a “photo” ID with them to the polls. That is incorrect. The law on that changed July 1, and now only an ID is required, not necessarily a photo ID. We apologize for […]
Already over a third of Pulaski County’s registered voters have cast ballots in this year’s election as voters have taken advantage of early in-person and absentee mail voting in a big way. With less than a week to go until Election Day, already over 33 percent of the county’s 23,150 […]
A local group calling itself “Friends of Angi Simpkins” is promoting a write-in campaign for the Dublin attorney in the Pulaski County Commonwealth’s Attorney race. Only one candidate – Justin L. Griffith – is listed on the ballot in Tuesday’s election. Griffith, a Democrat, is the current Commonwealth’s Attorney. He […]
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV) I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV) On […]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kyle Busch won for the first time this season to extend a 16-season streak while his penalized teammate missed a chance to secure a spot in the championship in the NASCAR playoff race at Texas that finished Wednesday, three days after it started. Busch, the […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Southwest Virginia is seeing a sustained, troubling increase in cases of COVID-19 driven partly by small family gatherings, the governor and top health officials said Wednesday, as one area health system issued a stark warning that its resources were being stretched thin. “To be quite frank, […]
Tanya “Tammy” Annette Quesenberry Nichols, age 61 went home Wednesday, October 21,2020. Born July 27, 1959 in Bethesda, Maryland, she was the daughter of Rebecca Ann O’Dell Coleman and the late Johnny Bruce Quesenberry. Her brothers, Donald Bruce Quesenberry and Johnny Lee Quesenberry preceded her in death. She is survived […]
October 28, 2020, Pulaski County has been awarded the SolSmart Gold designation from the Virginia’s Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy’s SolSmart program through the Energy Transition Initiative of the University of Virginia. The Gold designation is in recognition of all the hard work and leadership Pulaski County has demonstrated […]
U.S. Senate candidate Daniel Gade will visit Pulaski Saturday night. He will be special guest of a Halloween Night Harvest Festival at Calfee Park in Pulaski from 6 to 8 p.m. Come by and meet the candidate and enjoy games, food, candy and prizes. Gade, a Republican, is a retired […]