Longtime Pulaskians know 37 West Main in downtown as where McCrory’s “five and dime” store used to be years ago. You could walk in a smell the roasted peanuts next to the candy counter in the front of the old department store where you could buy everything from toys to […]
Local small businesses, non-profits, deputies and rescue workers will benefit from action taken Monday night by the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors. The supervisors formally approved nine CARES Act funded programs and appropriations pertaining to local COVID-19 recovery. The board also set a date for a public hearing on the […]
Volvo Trucks North America will be calling back some 400 laid off workers to its New River Valley truck plant in Dublin within the next couple weeks, The Patriot learned Friday. Volvo’s John Mies confirmed the news Friday afternoon. “While there is still uncertainty about how the pandemic and the […]
Rosario “Rosie” Pagatpat Johnston, age 58 of Dublin passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at her home. Born October 9, 1961 in Salcedo, Eastern Samar she was the daughter of the late Jose G. Cabus and Ines Pagatpat Cabus. Rosie is survived by her Husband Richard Lynn Johnston, Jr. – […]
Monday, September 7, 2020, Pulaski County Offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day. The Pulaski County Public Service Authority billing office and the three convenience centers (Dora Highway, Pulaski; Bagging Plant Road, Dublin and Mason Street, Fairlawn) will be closed. Garbage will be collected on the regular schedule. […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Haizhou Hu, a Chinese national conducting research at the University of Virginia, was arrested today and charged via criminal complaint with a pair of federal crimes just days after he attempted to board a flight to China. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and David W. Archey, […]
“Veteran’s Trees,” decorated with photographs of Pulaski County veterans and members of the armed forces, will again this year be featured as part of the county’s holiday displays. To date, approximately 300 photographs of county veterans have been donated by family members. These photographs will be displayed on trees located […]
Randal Dale Alley, age 56 of Newbern passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at his home. Born October 19, 1963 in Pulaski he was the son of Shirley King Alley and the late Ransom Dale Alley. Randal worked at Volvo Trucks for 21 years. He was a fixer of “all […]
Olivia Reece Felts Manning, age 83 of Pulaski, died Thursday morning August 27, 2020 at her residence. She was born on August 27, 1937 in Hopewell, Va., and was the daughter of the late Louie Isabell Frazier Reece and Ifard Estel Reece. She was a member of the Max Creek […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA has approved guard Landers Nolley II’s request for a transfer, allowing him to play this season at Memphis. Memphis announced the NCAA’s approval Thursday. The 6-foot-7 guard-forward played his freshman year at Virginia Tech and was on the Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman team last […]
Marie Coleman Runyon, 85, formerly of Dublin, died Wednesday afternoon, August 26, 2020, in the Commonwealth Senior Living at Hillsville. She was born in Virginia on August 17, 1935 and was a retired employee of Volvo Trucking. Ms. Runyon was preceded in death by her husband, David Runyon. Surviving are: […]
DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) — Laura strengthened Wednesday into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be “unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities. Authorities implored coastal residents of Texas and Louisiana to evacuate and worried that not enough had fled. The […]