East Carolina won’t travel to Tech
The Richmond Times Dispatch is reporting that East Carolina University, citing safety concerns, has announced it will not make the trip this week to Blacksburg to play Virginia Tech.
The Latest: Forecasters expect 2.4M to be without power
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local):4:40 p.m.Forecasters at the University of Michigan predict that 2.4 million people will lose power from Hurricane Florence and some outages could be prolonged.That’s about one-fourth the number who suffered outages from Hurricane Sandy, which hit a more populated […]
UVa-Ohio football game moved to Nashville
Charlottesville, Va. –The Virginia athletics department announced today (Sept. 11) its home football game against Ohio, scheduled to take place Saturday, Sept. 15 at Scott Stadium, has been relocated to Vanderbilt Stadium on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. The venue change was made due to the threat […]
The Latest: Trump declares state of emergency in Virginia
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local):3:30 p.m.President Donald Trump says the safety of the American people is his “absolute highest priority” as Hurricane Florence takes aim at portions of the East Coast.Trump was being briefed by the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
Pulaski County Schools to be closed Thursday and Friday
In response to a state of emergency being called for Hurricane Florence, Pulaski County Public Schools will be closed on Thursday, September 13, 2018 and Friday, September 14, 2018. Thursday will be an Employee Code 1 with all eleven and twelve month employees reporting for regular work-day hours. Friday will […]
Cougar game moved to Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Pulaski County High School’s football game this week at home against Carroll County has been moved up to 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Obituary for Maynard (Jiggs) Ernest Sutphin
Maynard (Jiggs) Ernest Sutphin, 81, of Pulaski, died Monday, September 10, 2018 at Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center. Maynard was born January 14, 1937, in Pulaski County, the son of the late Edith Sirt Sutphin and Tazwell Ellett Sutphin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers […]
Church cancels homecoming event for this weekend
Annual Homecoming events at Randolph Avenue United Methodist Church, which were scheduled for Sept. 15 and 16, have been canceled.
The Latest on Florence: Some residents ignore evacuation order
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricanes Florence and Isaac (all times local):2:30 p.m.Some residents in the Outer Banks have decided to ignore a mandatory evacuation order.Liz Browning Fox in the village of Buxton is one of them. The 65-year-old Fox says her 88-year-old mother has refused to evacuate […]
Appalachian Power Hurricane Florence Preparation Update:
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 – 11:30 a.m. Situation Appalachian Power is planning its response to Hurricane Florence, a dangerous Category 4 storm that is scheduled to make landfall in the Carolinas on Friday morning. Due to the current storm path, strong winds and heavy rain will likely impact Appalachian Power’s […]
Locker Room: One of those odd weeks
High schools and colleges are scrambling for what to do in the wake of the coming rains. High schools are actually better off. It’s much easier to move their games up. Colleges for a thousand reasons are pretty much stuck with whatever Saturday brings. Area Athletic Directors have […]
PSA to suspend residential trash collection on Friday
The Pulaski County PSA will suspend residential refuse collection service on Friday, September 14, 2018 due to the potential for cans and refuse clogging drains in the event of flooding. Friday’s refuse will be picked up a week later on Friday, September 21.