On Friday, April 19, the New River Health District will offer a variety of health services — including vaccines, risk assessment for tuberculosis, testing for sexually transmitted infections and family planning — at a walk-in clinic at the Montgomery County Health Department, 210 South Pepper St. in Christiansburg. The clinic […]
Pulaski County High School, in conjunction with Lewis Gale Hospital Pulaski, will again be providing sports physicals to Pulaski County Public School students who will be enrolled in the 6th through 12th grades during the 2019-2020 school year. The physicals will take place at PCHS in the Career and Technical […]
Alma J. “Tootsie” Reaves, 75, of Pulaski entered her heavenly home on Friday, April 12, 2019. She was born on February 7, 1944 to the late Charles Peyton King and Frances Duncan King Watkins. She was also preceded in death by her stepfather, Hewey Watkins; a sister, Beatrice K. Simmons; […]
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2:00 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ALLEGHANY BATH BLAND BUCHANAN CRAIG DICKENSON GILES GRAYSON MONTGOMERY PULASKI SMYTH TAZEWELL WYTHE VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE COVINGTON GALAX RADFORD
Laura Walters has announced that she will be seeking the Republican nomination for the Ingles District Board of Supervisors at the upcoming Republican mass meeting on Thursday, April 25th at 5:30 pm held at the Central Gym behind the Pulaski County Administration building at 143 Third Street NW, Pulaski. Laura […]
Today A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Some storms could be severe, with heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 73. South wind 13 to 16 mph, with […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. had about 40 laps to go and Clint Bowyer closing fast. In a race to see who could preserve their car best, Truex outlasted Bowyer and then held off a four-lap charge by Joey Logano to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Thousands of fans turned out Saturday to celebrate Virginia’s first national championship in basketball. The crowd, estimated at 21,000 on the school’s Twitter account, filled one side of Scott Stadium five days after the Cavaliers beat Texas Tech 85-77 in overtime to win the title. “This […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — If Justin Fuente and Virginia Tech made much progress in sorting out their quarterback competition during Saturday’s spring game, no one was letting on. Ryan Willis threw for three touchdowns, Quincy Patterson threw for one and ran for another and Hendon Hooker led an 88-yard drive […]
Thomas Lloyd Frazier, age 71 of Draper passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 at Lewis Gale Hospital, Montgomery, Blacksburg. Thomas was born on February 20, 1948 in Pulaski County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd Hebron Frazier and Helen Lefler Frazier; his daughter, Kimberly Fawn Frazier and […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Concerns about Virginia’s striped bass population could scuttle the fishing season for larger-sized fish in parts of the state. Striped bass are also known as rockfish. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the season is set to begin later this month. But there are indications that […]
Ever since mankind was escorted out of the Garden of Eden, natural disasters have been part of the human experience. But in our little corner of the world, citizens of Pulaski County had not been exposed to devastating tornadoes … until eight years ago on April 8, 2011 when two […]