• In tranquil Highland County, the hottest topic of conversation is usually the weather! For the past week, though, the word on nearly everyone’s lips is baseball with a capital “B.” The Highland Rams ...

ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS — A Bath County native is hoping to unseat a six-term incumbent for the 37th District seat in the General Assembly. Political newcomer and Bath native Austen Schwend has thrown his ...

EAGLE ROCK — Arthur Harry Dudley, 85, of Eagle Rock, died Saturday, May 24, 2025, at his residence. He was born Aug. 6, 1939, in Botetourt County to the late Harry Cahoon and Lettie Ann Dudley. He was ...

Kinlee Huffman, left, valedictorian of the Alleghany High School Class of 2025, and Keegan Morris, salutatorian, will graduate May 30. Both students earned numerous scholarships this year. Huffman ...

MONTEREY — Highland County Public School superintendent Dr. Drew Maerz gave an update on budget issues to the Highland County Board of Supervisors at a work session on May 21. Maerz shared an amended ...

HOT SPRINGS — The following Bath County High School seniors received awards and scholarships this year: • Alleghany Highlands Kiwanis Club Scholarship — Emily Thompson. • Bath Community Hospital ...

The Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Tourism hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, May 2, to welcome Inkazteca Tienda Latina to downtown Covington. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler) ...

Bikers head south on Jackson River Scenic Trail Thursday afternoon just below the Cedar Creek trail head. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler) HOT SPRINGS — A project decades in the making has finally ...

The Highland County School Board approved an amended budget for next year at its May 8 meeting last week. “The supervisors have asked us to look at our budget again,” explained superintendent Dr. Drew ...

Appalfolks of America Association is teaming up with the Clifton Forge Founders Auxiliary to raise money to support the CFFA by selling hot dogs at the Buckhorne Country Store and Campground this ...

Petitions to remove Highland County supervisors Harry Sponaugle and Henry Budzinski have been dismissed. Highland County Circuit Court Judge Edward K. Stein ordered both cases dismissed on May 7. This ...

Nancy Keller Watkins, 87, of Roanoke, died Friday, May 9, 2025, at Our Lady of the Valley, Roanoke. Ms. Watkins was born Sept. 28, 1937, in Covington, the daughter of the late Robert Jerome Keller and ...