Ram Elijah Good fights through traffic in the paint against Boys Home on Monday night. (Recorder photo by David Cockerham) High School Boys’ Basketball: Highland 69, Boys Home 25. Highland took ...

Garth Newel board chair Gene Sullivan, left, presented Georgia Tennant, center, with a beautiful oil painting on the occasion of her retirement after 40 years at Garth Newel. At far right is Garth ...

• Let it snow! I am hopeful — with snow and winter weather coming early, usually we don’t even get much snow until January or February, but this year, it is a surprise to think we might have a white ...

Pictured are just three of the many McDowell community members sponsoring a benefit supper Dec. 16. The benefit will aid a local family in meeting medical costs. Pictured, from left, are Robert Nash ...

CHESTER — Dorothy Pearson Driskill, 102, of Chester claimed her room in her Father’s mansion Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. She was born May 2, 1923, in Brunswick County, and formerly a resident of Roanoke ...

COVINGTON — Daniel Jiro Long, 56, of Covington, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, at LewisGale Hospital in Salem. He was born Jan. 11, 1969, in Japan, a son of Mary Webb Long Buffo of White ...

Bath County • Nov. 30 — Sgt. C. Smith checked on a pedestrian on Sam Snead Highway in Warm Springs. • Dec. 1 — Deputy C. Altizer assisted rescue squad members on Peery Hollow Road. • Dec. 1 — Altizer ...

Terry King helped create the new sign, replacing the original “Monterey” in front of “Auto Parts” with “Hiner’s,” to reflect the change in ownership. (Recorder photos by Anne Adams) MONTEREY — A ...

An acquaintance of mine told me prior to the election this month, “My parents would be spinning in their graves if they knew I was voting for a Democrat.” It’s sad that there are many voters who feel ...

We all ask the question, “What do we give Mom, Dad or uncle for Christmas? They have everything; have no wants or needs.” The Alleghany Highlands Genealogical Society, located at 515 E. Pine Street ...

When I took my walk on the first very, very chilly day last week – amazing how quickly it changed from t-shirt weather to something that required covering every inch with fabric – I wore a winter-y ...