Dorothy McNew Weller, 86 of Dublin, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Pulaski on October 31, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Della Irene Poole McNew and Maynard Bruce McNew. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death […]
The Gibson Brothers, multi-award winners of International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards, will perform Friday, April 26, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. at New River Community College in Dublin. The event is sponsored by NRCC Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club. The bluegrass band, including brothers Leigh and Eric Gibson, has performed […]
Jean Carolyn Workman Rupe, age 76 of Pulaski passed away Monday, March 25, 2019 at her home. Born January 16, 1943 in Oceana, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late French & Hannah Brown Workman. Her husband, Daniel David Rupe, son, David Rupe, brothers, Vincent Workman, James Gordon […]
Amid concerns over a possible reduction in force, the Pulaski County School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a $48 million budget proposal for FY 2019-20. The School Board and Board of Supervisors will meet Monday at 6 p.m. in the county’s Technology Center in the Maple Shade plaza to discuss […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) will be hosting his 2019 Service Academy Day on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Students will have the opportunity to meet with invited officials from the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. […]
— Health Bus Offers Childhood Vaccines at Local Schools — The Virginia Department of Health New River Health District’s mobile health bus will visit area public schools in April to offer vaccines for TDaP (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, or whooping cough), HPV (human papillomavirus) and MCV (meningococcal disease, or meningitis). […]
Ultra successful Salem High football coach Steven Magenbauer surprised high school football fans around the region, and certainly those at Salem by announcing his resignation and retirement Tuesday evening. He will be replaced by assistant Don Holter who has already been approved the City of Salem School […]
Please join the Pulaski County Friends of the Library (FOL) as they kick off the spring season with a two-day sale that will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 5th and 6th at their Book Sale Store in downtown Pulaski, across the street from the Pulaski Library. Watch for […]
Helen Lee Fowlkes Manuel age 95 of Barren springs VA passed away Monday March 25, 2019. She was born August 16, 1923 in Richmond VA the daughter of the late Clarence W & Grace Lee Saunders Fowlkes. She attended the Bakers Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was preceded in death […]
Larry Wayne Armbrister, Sr., 71, of Draper, passed away Monday March 25th in the LewisGale Hospital Pulaski. Born in Pulaski on Jan. 16th 1948 he was the son of the late David E. Armbrister and Georgia Viers Armbrister. He worked at Volvo Trucks and was a member of the Draper […]
Pauline Robertson Porterfield, 83, of Dublin, passed away Monday March 25th in the Pulaski Health and Rehab Center. She was born on Feb. 10th 1936 in Pulaski County and was the daughter of the late Orville J. Robertson and Mabel Akers Robertson. She was also preceded in death by her […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is trying to revive an effort to ban motorists from holding cellphones while driving. Northam announced Tuesday he’s adding a proposed amendment to legislation that would bar drivers from holding a cellphone while driving in a highway work zone. The governor’s amendment […]