VEC releases new jobless figures for July
Virginia Employment Commission figures put Pulaski County’s unemployment rate for July at 3.4 percent.
Virginia customers to receive one-time tax credit from Apco due to federal corporate tax reform
ROANOKE – Beginning today, eligible Appalachian Power customers in Virginia will receive a one-time credit to return $22 million in savings associated with federal corporate tax reform. A Virginia residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month could see a credit of about $22.50 which will be deducted during this […]
Locker Room: Cougars face Vikings 35th time in lid lifter
Pulaski County opens the 2019 football season at home in Dobson Stadium Friday evening at 7pm against longtime rival Northside. It will be the 35th meeting between the two schools. PCHS holds the series advantage 20-14. It will be a telling opener for the Cougars. The Vikings have finished 9-3 […]
Obituary for Connie Jean Ellis Dalton
Connie Jean Ellis Dalton, age 54 of Pulaski passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at her home. Born January 24, 1965 in Radford she was the daughter of Betty Jean Powers Ellis and the late William Chaffin Ellis. Her maternal grandparents, Roy, SR. & Rosa Lee Powers and aunt, Margaret […]
Pulaski falls to Princeton, 6-2
Pulaski dropped the opening game of a two game home series against the Princeton Rays on Monday night by a score of 6-2. The Rays jumped out early win a run in the first and cruised from there. Princeton got their lead off man aboard via a walk from Yankees […]
Virginia police announce $100K reward in 2009 slaying case
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police say a $100,000 reward is being offered for information that can lead to solving the decade-old slaying of two Virginia Tech students. Authorities announced last week that a group of 10 agencies led by Virginia State Police would be reexamining evidence from the […]
Oklahoma judge rules against drugmaker, orders $572M payment
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to clean up the problem. Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman’s ruling followed the first state opioid case […]
Divers recover body of Princeton man in Claytor Lake
On Friday, Aug. 23 around 9:30 pm the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, Pulaski County Emergency Management and Newbern Fire Department responded to Covey Campground in the Dublin area of Pulaski County, in reference to a missing swimmer. After initial investigation the Pulaski County Search and Rescue Team and The Department […]
Virginia Tech opens season Saturday at Boston College
BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech football team opens the 2019 season on the road at Boston College on Saturday, August 31. Kickoff time at Alumni Stadium is set for 4 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ACC Network. For more information on the ACC Network, click here. GAMEDAY INFORMATION Saturday, […]
Pulaski beats Burlington, 3-0 – clinch Appy League East crown
Burlington, NC – The Pulaski Yankees capped off the three game series against the Royals with a 3-0 win that clinched the Appalachian League East Division Championship and assured themselves home field advantage throughout the playoffs. As has been the case this entire series, the pitchers showed up to play […]
Meet This Week’s Patriot: Len Smith
Len Smith proudly served in the Korean War and was in the Army from 1954 to 1956. When he came out of the military he went to work for Hercules in Utah and was later transferred to the Hercules Plant (also known as the Radford Army Ammunition Plant) here where […]
Four big plays, Radford made 3 of them
Before a much larger crowd that you would expect for a pre-season scrimmage, Radford took the measure of Pulaski County in a “Benefit Game” Friday night in Kenneth J. Dobson Stadium, 17-7. There was much anticipation for the game, and you knew the two teams would […]