It appears Pulaski County will participate in New River Community College’s ACCE program after all. At their budget work session Monday night, the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution to participate in the Access to Community College Education program through a $100,000 appropriation to the School Board. […]
The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors on Monday finalized school funding for the 2019-20 school year. And while the school system will receive an additional $375,000 above this year’s historic level of county funding, School Board members and school administrators are not happy. The supervisors unanimously approved a resolution setting […]
During Monday evening’s budget work session, the county’s two top officials offered a new strategy for Pulaski County Schools to address some budget issues such as teacher pay. County Administrator Jonathan Sweet said multiple references had been made during this budget season to other school divisions. “I want to hit […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after Governor Ralph Northam (D-VA) vetoed House Bill 2303 and Senate Bill 1047, which would require registered sex offenders to notify staff at emergency shelters of their registration status. It would further allow staff the option to deny those convicted of a […]
The Pulaski Police Department would like to warn the public, particularly the senior population, of a telephone scam targeting grandparents. A person will call the grandparent, claiming to be their grandchild, informing them they have been in an accident and subsequently arrested in another country. The person will beg the […]
Pulaski Fire Chief Robbie Kiser reported today his department received a call at 3:33 p.m. Tuesday for a victim who had been burned at the James Hardie Facility. The first fire department unit arrived on scene four minutes later to find a working fire in the building and a subject […]
Virginia State Police is investigating a three-vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday evening (April 30) in the Town of Galax. The crash occurred at 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of Main and Grayson streets. A Town of Galax Police Officer was traveling south on Main Street in a marked 2019 Dodge […]
Clemson football coach Dabo Sweeney just signed the richest athletic coaching contract ever. It’s for 10 years and $93-million bucks. They even gave defensive coordinator Brent Venables $2.3 mil a year and two other Tiger assistants make a million each. Life is good at Clemson where just three years ago […]
RESOLUTION OF THE PULASKI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROPRIATING PULASKI COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS AND ESTABLISHING GENERAL FISCAL POLICY FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2019 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2020 WHEREAS, it is the continuing commitment of the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors to support the public education system of […]
RESOLUTION OF THE PULASKI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SUPPORTING THE NEW RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S ACCESS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION FUNDING THROUGH AN APPROPRIATION TO THE PULASKI COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WHEREAS, it is the desire and intent of the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors to strategically invest in meaningful initiatives […]
On Sunday, February 17, 2019, Carol Gemmell, of Los Alamitos, CA loving wife and mother, passed away at the age of 68. Carol was born on May 26, 1950 in Manhattan, NY to Norman and Aileen (Chapman) Coker. She received her textiles degree from Whitter College in 1972 and went […]
On Sunday April 28, 2019 at approximately 10:30 pm the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Old Pepper’s Ferry Loop in the Fairlawn Section of Pulaski County in reference to shots fired, multiple subjects fighting and one subject had been shot and ran over by a vehicle. […]