This year observance of Veterans Day marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two. In November 1945 our community was in celebration. Celebrating Veterans Day and a homecoming of Pulaski’s military servicemen and women of all creed and colors returning to the place they had longed to […]
Sharon Kay Edwards Ratliff, age 51 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born October 28, 1969 in Pulaski, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Edwards and Maren Sue Stuart Edwards. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Ian […]
The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Wytheville Field Office is investigating an unattended death in Bland County. At 8:42 a.m. Thursday (Nov. 5), Virginia State Police was notified of the discovery of human remains near the intersection of Arrowhead Drive and Route 666/Indian Village Trail off of Interstate […]
Pulaski Town Council heard more Wednesday evening from the family of Gary Martin, a long-time former town employee who recently received an eviction notice from the town. Martin, who was a town employee for some 40 years, approached council in early October for its help after receiving notice from the […]
Pulaski County’s Most Prestigious Scholarship to Focus on PCHS Student’s Contributions to the Community in Response to the Pandemic and Award $10,000.00 to a Graduating Senior The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors has refocused this year’s Lead Through Service Scholarship to award two Pulaski County High School graduating seniors who […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today that the Louisville at Virginia football game will be tentatively rescheduled for Saturday, November 14 at 3:30 p.m. on ACCN. The game was originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, November 7. The rescheduling follows the positive tests and subsequent […]
The Pulaski County High School National Honor Society is sponsoring a canned soup and cracker drive during the month of November. Donations will be collected through November 17 to support the Pulaski Daily Bread in preparation for the upcoming holidays. To encourage participation, departments within the school are competing against […]
Lebron Howard Finn, Jr., age 56 of Dublin passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at his home. Born January 20, 1965 in Pulaski County he was the son of the late Lebron Howard Finn, Sr. & Mary Sue Collins Finn. His sister, Lisa Kay Bowles also preceded him in death. […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden won Virginia with 54 percent of the vote over President Donald Trump (44.5%) and Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen (1.5%). On the map below, Biden’s counties and cities are shown in blue and Trump’s are shown in red: Biden captured 2,286,406 votes to Trump’s 1,896,101 and […]
Commonwealth’s Attorney Justin Griffith won his election on Tuesday with 13,074 votes. Griffith, who was appointed Commonwealth’s Attorney after former prosecutor Mike Fleenor was named a judge in the 27th Circuit, took office on July 1. Previously he had served as Fleenor’s chief deputy. Griffith now will serve the final […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — WHY AP CALLED VIRGINIA FOR BIDEN: The AP declared Democratic nominee Joe Biden the winner of Virginia at 7:31 p.m. EST, after results from early returns and an AP survey of the electorate showed the former vice president had beaten President Donald Trump in the state. While […]
President Donald Trump has easily carried Pulaski County with 12,066 votes to former Vice President Joe Biden’s 4,882. The last batch of votes coming in on the night were made up of early in-person votes and those voting by mail absentee. Those voters went solidly for the president, 5,253 to […]