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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MONTEREY — Last week, Highland’s long-time county attorney Melissa Dowd announced her resignation from the position effective at the end of this year. Dowd has served as county attorney for more than ...

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 ...

Dave Townsend advises John Koger on how to hold the Y-shaped branch for dowsing. (Recorder photo by Tammy Minnigh) MILL GAP — Dave Townsend returned to the family farm in Highland County to give a ...