The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) held its 2019 Scholarship Awards Dinner on May 9, 2019, at the German Club Manor in Blacksburg to celebrate the largest year of the program to date, awarding $80,908 in scholarships to 67 students from across the New River Valley. Over […]
The PSA and all three drop sites will be closed Monday May 27th for Memorial Day. There will be garbage collection.
Harvey’s GM of Radford, a Chevrolet, Buick, and Cadillac automobile dealership, will be the official sponsor of the Touchdown Classic that will take place in Dobson Stadium on Saturday, August 17th. For Harvey’s, for years a supporter of Pulaski County football, it is a renewal of an old relationship the […]
Funding for a proposed narcotics unit within the Pulaski Police Department has gotten the green light from Town Council. On a 4 to 1 vote during a recent budget work session, council approved adding $83,124 in personnel costs to the town’s budget for the narcotics unit. Councilman Lane Penn voted […]
RICHMOND – With travel forecasts calling for more than 1-million Virginians to be taking to the highways this Memorial Day weekend, the Virginia State Police is encouraging all motorists to make safe driving practices a priority. To help safeguard Virginia’s highways, the Virginia State Police will be increasing patrols during […]
Pulaski Police report that on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at approximately 3:47 p.m., the Pulaski Police Department was dispatched to 1250 East Main Street – site of the Insurance Auto Auctions facility – to assist a subject who was severely injured due to a vehicle falling on him. Upon arriving […]
Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Dublin Hosting Annual Memorial Day Ceremony, Monday, May 27 at 9:30 a.m. What Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at state veterans cemetery Honoring and remembering all men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice defending Virginia and our Nation from the Revolutionary War to today Free […]
FDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced today the inductees who will comprise the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2020. The five-person group – the 11th since the inception of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010 – consists of Buddy Baker, Joe Gibbs, Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart and Waddell […]
~ Ranking measures how well states are performing for their citizens ~ RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today celebrated Virginia’s jump to seventh place in the U.S. News 2019 Best States Rankings, representing a 13-spot jump from 20th in 2018. In calculating the rankings, each of eight categories was assigned weightings based […]
As part of the organization’s new Calfee Cares community relations initiative, the Pulaski Yankees will host Dine on the Diamond, a benefit dinner that presents fans an elegant and unique opportunity to meet the team and experience Calfee Park like never before. The event will feature a social hour, silent […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jesse Matthew Jr., who abducted and killed two Virginia college students five years apart, was transferred to a new prison this week so he can receive medical treatment for cancer. Matthew, 37, is serving multiple life sentences for the 2009 murder of 20-year-old Virginia Tech student […]
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The mystery of whether Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was in the racist yearbook photo that nearly destroyed his career remains unsolved. A months-long investigation ordered up by Eastern Virginia Medical School failed to determine whether Northam is in the picture published in 1984 of a man […]