Dr. Noelle Bissell, Director of the New River Health District, had good and bad news Monday evening for the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors. The bad news: COVID-19 is still here, and it is not going away any time soon. However, the good news is people have learned to deal […]
Pulaski County voters are turning out in a big way since early voting opened in Virginia on Sept. 18. “Record numbers” is how Kathy Webb, Director of Elections and General Registrar for Pulaski County responded when asked how many people had voted so far. As of Thursday morning, Webb said […]
The Pulaski County GOP held their Headquarters opening on Monday September 28 at 6:00. PC GOP Chairman Andy McCready joined Congressman Morgan Griffith, Delegate Nick Rush, Commissioner of Revenue Kim Matthews, Chairman of PC BOS Joe Guthrie, Vice Chair Charlie Bopp, and BOS members Dirk Compton and Laura Walters In […]
Following a discussion held this morning regarding our Trunk or Treat and Treat Trail Halloween events, the Town of Pulaski has made several decisions in relation to these activities. Trunk or Treat, which is usually held in Jackson Park, will be cancelled. Due to the large number of people that […]
Here are things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 4: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 12 North Carolina at Boston College on Saturday. The Tar Heels (1-0, 1-0 ACC) haven’t played since Sept. 12 after Charlotte pulled out of a scheduled game a week later due to […]
Virginia Tech’s twice-delayed season-opener could hardly have started any better. By the middle of the first quarter, the Hokies led North Carolina State 17-0 despite being without almost two dozen players for COVID-19 and injury-related issues, as well as two assistant coaches. The coronavirus had postponed the start of their […]
Pulaski County Public Schools announced this afternoon on Facebook that, “After analyzing local data and consulting with the New River Health District, a decision has been made to have all schools at 100% attendance for the Week of October 5-9, 2020. “Students will attend in-person on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and […]
A private graveside service for the family of Mrs. Mary Doris Cantrell Jones, 88, of Dublin, Virginia, formerly of Anniston, Alabama will be held at Forestlawn Gardens in Golden Springs, Alabama .Mrs. Mary Jones passed away on Monday, September 28, 2020, at Highland Ridge Rehab in Dublin, Virginia. Mrs. Jones […]
Virginia Sue Rorrer Conrad, 87, died peacefully at her Claytor Lake home on September 29, 2020. Born August 1, 1933 to the late C.E. “Buck” Rorrer and Ruby Lillian Lytton Rorrer, Sue was a graduate of Pulaski High School and later married her sweetheart, Bob Conrad, in November of 1953. […]
At 5:52 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 29), Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash in Wythe County. A tractor-trailer traveling north on I-77 on the ramp leading to northbound I-81 ran off the left side of the road and down into a culvert. The male driver died at the scene. […]
Shortly after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 29), Virginia State Police were alerted to information related to the male suspect in Sunday night’s incident at a Grayson County church. With the assistance of the Town of Marion Police Department and Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, state police took Gregory D. Graham, 31, […]
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the American COMPETE Act, a bill to promote American technological leadership in cutting-edge fields including quantum computing and unmanned vehicles. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) is a cosponsor of the bill. He issued the following statement: “America must maintain its primacy in developing technologies […]