Pulaski County (Virginia)

A virus outbreak is threatening the health of dogs in Southwest Virginia. Distemper is a highly contageous airborne virus. It's symptoms include high fever, cough and vomiting. There have been several confirmed cases of canine distemper in Pulaski and...

Appalachian Power will be operating the Claytor Hydroelectric Project on the New River in Pulaski County for the next 30 years. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a 30-year license so Appalachian Power can continue operating the...

Governor McDonnell and the Board of Education have recognized several high-performing schools in our area. Throughout the state, 447 schools and two school divisions earned 2012 Virginia Index of Performance awards for advanced learning and achievement....

Spring is not too far around the corner and that means getting outside and into state parks. The New River Valley Trail is getting a bit of a face-lift in the off-season.  Crews are out re-surfacing a four mile stretch of the Trail in Pulaski County...

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday something law enforcement agencies in our area do may be unconstitutional. Tracking your location using GPS devices and you wouldn't even know about it. News 7 has been trying so to see how often it happens in our...

The spot where a crash and chemical spill happened in Botetourt County is part of the busiest section of the entire Interstate 81 system. Interstate 81 is 855 miles long, stretching from the Canadian boarder, and south to near Knoxville, Tennessee....

BOYLE   DISTRICT COURT Cases handled recently in Boyle District Court, listed by name, charge, fine and jail sentence, where applicable, include the following. Court costs also were assessed in most cases. Ages and addresses are listed if available.  ...

The night of April 8th, we couldn't confirm what we suspected. It wasn't until the next morning the sights said it all. Tornadoes hit Pulaski County, one hitting near downtown. More than 200 homes were damaged, costing more than 5 million dollars. Two...

A southwest Virginia musician will be rubbing elbows with some of music's biggest names at the Grammys. D.J. Cox is a guitarist from Pulaski County. His band was recently nominated for a Grammy. News7 caught up with the musician when he returned home...

The following are the top five local weather events in 2011 as voted on by the staff of the Blacksburg National Weather Service Office. You'll notice nearly all of the events were storm related, specifically tornadoes. 1. (Tie): The April 27th-28th...

Saturday is National Prescription Drug Takeback Day, and several hometowns in our area are participating. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, about 377,000 pounds of prescription drugs were turned in across the country during the last...

One year later: tornadoes tore through small communities in far Southwest Virginia last April.  Deadly twisters did the most damage in Halifax County and the Glade Spring part of Washington County.  Four people were killed; dozens of homes and...