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If you drive through the small town of Pulaski in the New River Valley in the next month, you may spot a giant sculpture, with hundreds of ladders intertwined. This temporary art installation is made entirely of borrowed ladders.
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Scientists predict that flooding events will become more common, due to climate change, and communities in Appalachia are particularly vulnerable. The small town of Pulaski, in the New River Valley, is responding, by creating a plan to withstand the worst impacts of flooding.
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COVID-19 has changed the world of sports. But there is some baseball being played in Virginia.After a late start, collegiate players on the Martinsville…
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For the majority of her life, Betsy Haugh has been around sports. Growing up, she says most family vacations were spent at tournaments instead of the…
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In most places these days, food is something you buy in a supermarket. It’s gotten so some towns hardly have sidewalks anymore, just roadways for people…
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Small towns aren’t what they used to be. Once the ‘go to’ center of community life, the idea of the ‘town square’ has all but disappeared. But in…
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These days, commercial districts in every town look much like the ones in every other town. But in parts of southwestern Virginia that never attracted the…
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Journalists are used to reporting on tragedies of all kinds. But the story of a 5-year-old Pulaski boy, who died after falling into a septic tank 3 years…