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 ...

“Fields to Fairways” captures the long and fascinating life of J.C. Snead — one of Bath County’s greatest athletes. J.C., nephew to the golfing champ Sam Snead, became one of the best golfers in the ...

Ann Marie’s 2025 pumpkin harvest. (Photo courtesy Ann Marie Hancock) I promise Pumpkineers (I coined that word) this is my last pumpkin article this year. I felt I needed justification for my fetish, ...

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 ...

Everybody is into the holiday spirit with Thanksgiving over and Christmas just right around the corner. Please remember those who work during the holidays and miss family events and such to make sure ...

I read with amusement one of the distinguished state delegates from West Virginia wants 12 of Virginia’s counties to switch states and be part of West Virginia. A famous football coach once said that ...