The New River Valley Public Health Task Force has released its COVID-19 status report today through a statement by Dr. Noelle Bissell, Director of the New River Health District for the Virginia Department of Health. Her statement follows: Good afternoon. COVID-19 has two story lines in the New River Valley: cases […]
As of 1 p.m. today, 63 percent of Pulaski County’s 23,148 registered voters have cast ballots in the election, according to Kathy Webb, the county’s Director of Elections. Webb reported that so far today, 5,334 people had voted at the county’s 12 precincts by 1 p.m. Adding that figure to […]
Linda Louise Farley Cole, age 72 of Max Meadows passed away Monday, November 2, 2020 at the Radford Health and Rehab Center. Born July 26, 1948 in Pulaski County she was the daughter of the late Levi V. Farley & Margerite Claytor Farley. Her brother, Donald Farley, sisters; Norma Quesenberry, […]
Barbara Sue Quesenberry Cox, a resident of Hiwassee, Virginia for nearly 80 years and bride of Mark Stephen Cox, Sr. for 54 years has joined her husband in the lands beyond the River of Jordan. She will be laid to rest at the Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery in the spring […]
Heaven gained a new skipper Monday evening. Chuck Hartman, who oversaw the Virginia Tech baseball program for nearly three decades and who coached college baseball for nearly half of a century, passed away at the age of 85 while living at a local assisted living facility. A hero, a gentleman, […]
Dublin Town offices will be closed Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Garbage scheduled for pick up on Wednesday, November 11th will be picked up on Thursday, November 12, 2020.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kevin Harvick was on cruise control all season long, the most dominant driver in NASCAR, coasting into the championship round with a comfortable cushion that left plenty of room for error. That’s how it was supposed to play out, at least, after Harvick won a Cup […]
Clemson remained No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, but not by much. Trevor Lawrence’s absence because of COVID-19 and the Tigers’ narrow win over Boston College created a divide among the 62 writers and broadcasters on the voting panel. Clemson received 33 first-place votes — […]
Ardeth Claire Grant Garay, age 82 of Hillsville passed away Saturday, October 31, 2020 at the Commonwealth Assisted Living Facility in Hillsville, VA. Born August 21, 1938 in Alabama she was the daughter of the late Simon Peter Grant & Shirley Mae Ponder Grant. Her husband, Steve Louis Garay, son; […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — With his team’s lead dwindling and his defense getting weary, Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall knew an extended drive might be just what the Cavaliers needed to hang on against No. 15 North Carolina’s high-octane offense. A 15-play drive that took more than nine minutes off the […]
Virginia State Police Trooper J.M. Martin is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Wythe County. The crash occurred Oct. 31, 2020 at 11:43 a.m. on Interstate 81 at the 74 mile marker. A tractor-trailer traveling south on I-81 ran off the right side of the highway and continued to US […]
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin’s dazzling season could potentially collapse if things go sideways Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR’s oldest and shortest track that has been slotted as the final playoff elimination race. NASCAR’s needed horsepower for its stale playoffs so Martinsville was shuffled to the back of a […]