Second baseman Kaylee Nicely, left, pulls in a fly ball as right fielder Laken Cantrell provides backup. (Recorder photos by Gavin Dressler) LOW MOOR — Emma Skidmore proved to be the ultimate warrior.

Alleghany’s Kiera Lowman defended her 3,200-meter title at the Class 3 state outdoor track championships Saturday morning at Liberty University. The junior, who now owns seven state championships, ran ...

Hannah Meyerhoeffer is salutatorian for the Class of 2025 and John Wagner is valedictorian. (Recorder photo by Tammy Minnigh) MONTEREY — This year’s valedictorian and salutatorian at Highland High ...

Editor, The Recorder, I trained with, worked with, deployed with, and later developed and taught multiple training seminars for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management before joining the ...

Iron Gate council is hoping the town doesn’t soon go to the cows. During her report last Thursday, May 29, Iron Gate mayor Kawahna Persinger told council members she’d had a discussion recently with ...

The Cougar girls’ 4x800-meter relay team of, from left, Willow Morgan, Kiera Lowman, Faith Barron, and Maggie Hensley won the Class 3, Region C title last Thursday at Fluvanna County High School.

Raymond Allen Heighter, 88, of Clifton Forge, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2025, at his niece’s residence. He was born Oct. 11, 1936, to the late Phillip M. Heighter Sr., and Lillian Jones Heighter.

HOT SPRINGS — Throughout his lifetime, Paul Siple called the star he coached at Valley High School in the 1950s the greatest all-around athlete to ever come out of Bath County. Those who grew up with ...

WARM SPRINGS — BARC systems engineer Daniel Plecker addressed the Bath County Planning Commission and community members Monday, following concerns about capacity and upgrades for the county’s ...

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 ...

CLIFTON FORGE — It’s good to have connections in high places. Father Dan Kelly, a retired Catholic priest in Clifton Forge, escaped near tragedy Sunday evening after his car was swept into frigid ...