• Dec. 7 — Deputy Bryan IV checked on livestock in the road on Pig Run Road. • Dec. 7 — Deputy Colaw assisted a motorist on Warm Springs Mountain. • Dec. 7 — Colaw performed a traffic stop on Sam ...

IRON GATE — Steven Lewis Vess, 67, of Iron Gate, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, at his residence. Steve was born Feb 28, 1958, in Clifton Forge to the late Nelson Matthew Vess and Joyce Alice Nicely Vess ...

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 ...

The Highland County Chamber of Commerce held an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new location on Main Street in Monterey last Saturday during Wintertide. Pictured are, from left, Nicole ...

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 ...

The antitrust trial between NASCAR and race teams 23X11 and Front Row Motorsports is fully underway, and will complete its second week this Friday, Dec. 12. There has been no decision made by the jury ...

• 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Des Jordan and Alleghany assistant coach Ryan Kessinger talk it over on the sidelines during the Cougars’ regional playoff game at Turner Ashby. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler) LOW MOOR — Des ...

• Don’t forget the Bath Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be Thursday, Nov. 27, beginning at 12 p.m. at the Hot Springs Firehouse. Please bring a covered dish by 11:30 a.m. Even if you are not coming ...