ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS — A West Virginia legislator is inviting 30 Virginia and Maryland counties to join the Mountain State, including Alleghany, Highland, and Bath counties. In a resolution introduced ...

Landon, Caston and Easton Lightner parade through school halls in Halloween costumes. (Photos courtesy Highland County Public Schools)Highland Elementary teachers enjoy Halloween treats from teacher ...

RICHMOND — It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of their beloved mother, Mildred Elizabeth Persinger Kemper, 88, formerly of Covington, who left them on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, at ...

COVINGTON — Linda Stacey King Corbett, 60, of Covington, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, at her residence. Stacey was born July 18, 1965, in Alleghany County, to Pauline Naomi Thompson King and the late ...

High School Football: Alleghany 39, Rockbridge County 0. Des Jordan accounted for all six touchdowns — four passing and two rushing — and the Cougars led 26-0 at the halftime break, finishing off a ...

I’d like to address a recent political advertisement that raised questions about the future of Bath Community Hospital. I want to assure our community that our future is secure, and we will continue ...

COVINGTON — Ray Eugene “Gene” Meadows, 96, of Covington, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at his residence. He was the husband of Nancy Hayslett Meadows, to whom he was married for 72 years. Mr. Meadows was ...

Sharon Moyers, Dabney Bankert, Madge Vosteen, and electoral board vice chair Sue Wiseman worked the polling place in McDowell. (Recorder photos by Tammy Minnigh) ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS — Virginia has ...

Mark Weiss with his team captains, Rick Trimble, left, and Al Durham, right, on his first Bath County High School football team in 1981. (Photo courtesy Rick Trimble) HOT SPRINGS — Mark Weiss first ...

Bath County veterans and one guest are cordially invited to the fifth annual Veterans Day celebration at 1 p.m. Nov. 11, at the Dairy Barn in Warm Springs, for lunch and a ceremony. As initially ...

MONTEREY — Amy Nichole Hull Vaus, 29, of Monterey, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, at the home of her mother-in-law, Lorrie Vaus, in Monterey. She was born April 19, 1996, in Harrisonburg, the ...

McDOWELL — Larry Nelson Morris, 76, of McDowell, passed away Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at his home. He was born Feb. 17, 1949, a son of the late Ray and Connie Faye Garber Morris. On Sept. 14, 1973, he ...