Cogar Manufacturing to invest $2.5 million to relocate and expand manufacturing operation RICHMOND – Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Cogar Manufacturing, a manufacturer of material handling equipment primarily for the natural resource industries, will invest $2.5 million to relocate its manufacturing operation from Beckley, West Virginia, to the former Caterpillar […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement announcing the names of those receiving congressional nominations from his office to the United States Service Academies: “One of my highest honors and privileges as a Congressman is to nominate a limited number of deserving young men and women to United States […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers hit the halfway point of this year’s legislative session Tuesday with some of their biggest issues still unsettled. It’s unclear whether the GOP-controlled General Assembly will act to expand Medicaid, a top priority of Gov. Ralph Northam. Budget negotiations are still in the early […]
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — New No. 1 Virginia looked the part Tuesday, never trailing and holding Miami to 38 percent shooting to win 59-50. Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter scored 22 points, including a four-point play. But defense was the difference for the Cavaliers, who limited an opponent to 50 points […]
RICHMOND – An additional fuel tax of 2.1 percent would be levied in western Virginia under a Senate bill approved Tuesday creating a regional transportation fund to help pay for improvements on busy Interstate 81. The legislation sponsored by Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta, passed the Senate 24-16. It would create the […]
Berta Jean Dobbins, 86, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 10, 2018. Jean was a lifelong member of the Dublin, VA community and is preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Luther Dobbins. She is survived by her loving family, including her daughter Sharon Dobbins Farris and her daughter’s husband Rodney […]
Richard “Dick” Elmer Dore, 86, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2018 at his home in Fairlawn with his wife by his side. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Blacksburg and a U. S. Air Force veteran. He was retired from Gardiner Hospital in Gardiner, Maine […]
Olivia Mae Mattox Miller, age 88 of Allisonia passed away Monday, February 12, 2018 at the Lewis-Gale Hospital, Pulaski. Born October 29, 1929 in Rocky Mount, VA she was the daughter of the late Thomas & Victoria Legans Mattox. Her husband, French Miller, daughters, Lillian & Shirley Miller and grandson, […]
Dublin Town Offices will be closed Monday, February 19, 2018. Garbage scheduled for pick-up on Monday, February 19th will be picked up on Tuesday, February 20th along with Tuesday’s regular pick-up.
Joseph Larkin Stowers, Jr., 30, of Pulaski, VA died Saturday, February 10, 2018 in the LewisGale Hospital Pulaski. He was born in Radford on June 2, 1987 and was the son of Sandra Slate Stowers and the late Joseph Larkin Stowers, Sr. Mr. Stowers was an IT Technician in the […]
There will be a meeting of the Industrial Development Authority on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in the First Floor Conference Room at the Pulaski County Administration Building, 143 Third Street, NW, Pulaski, Virginia, 24301.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A loss didn’t prevent Virginia from climbing to No. 1 in AP men’s basketball poll for the first time in more than 35 years after all. The Cavaliers rose a slot to sit atop Monday’s AP Top 25 despite an overtime home loss Saturday to Virginia […]