This Sunday (March 29) will have special meaning locally for at least a couple of reasons. It has been declared as both a Local Day of Prayer in Pulaski County, and as “Julius Long Day.” A resolution declaring the Day of Prayer was approved Monday night by the Pulaski County […]
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors on Monday night approved the county’s new Six Year Road Improvement Plan, approved re-zoning for two local businesses and agreed to temporarily pay the convenience fees of taxpayers who use credit / debit cards to pay their tax bills over the phone or online. […]
The Pulaski County School Board, meeting Tuesday at the high school, approved a school budget for the 2020-21 school year that seeks no additional local funding from Pulaski County. “This is the best budget I’ve ever had the pleasure working on,” commented Chris Stafford, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Business […]
During the coronavirus shutdown of schools – a shutdown that the Governor says will last the rest of the school year – Pulaski County Schools are still working. At Tuesday’s school board meeting at Pulaski County High School, which was livestreamed over YouTube for the public’s benefit, the board learned […]
The Pulaski County School Board on Tuesday named a new principal for Pulaski County Middle School. Rebecah Smith, currently principal at Pulaski Elementary School, will on April 1 assume the duties of principal at Pulaski Middle School and Pulaski County Middle. Smith takes over the positions being vacated by Adam […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — more than quadruple the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. The surge in weekly applications was a stunning reflection of the damage the viral outbreak is doing […]
(CHRISTIANSBURG, Virginia) — Following yesterday’s announcement of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the New River Health District, the Montgomery County Public Health Task Force urges everyone to remain informed and help prevent the spread of the illness. To that end, the Montgomery County Public Information Department and the health […]
Order will preserve medical beds and personal protective equipment for COVID-19 response RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, MD, MA today directed all hospitals to stop performing elective surgeries or procedures to help conserve supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE). The public health emergency order does […]
In response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, a portion of the Town of Pulaski’s Finance Department has relocated to 1000 East Main Street (the former Wells Fargo building), which we are henceforth referring to as the Finance Department Annex. The Annex is currently accepting payments for utilities and taxes via […]
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Toilets on two Virginia-based Navy aircraft carriers that have become repeatedly clogged could require treatments costing $400,000 each to get them working properly, a U.S. Government Accountability Office report found. The USS Gerald R. Ford and USS George H.W. Bush were made with sewage systems similar […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers passed a budget earlier this month that would give teachers and state employees raises and bonuses — a win for public sector workers who said they’d suffered too many years of stagnant pay since the Great Recession. The total cost of the pay increases […]
The world of sport is presently in limbo, held hostage by a virus. It is hard to imagine the total financial impact this is having on our great nation. I often use phrases frequently spoken by coaches. You can listen to a bunch of people debate, criticize, or whatever, but […]