I’ve long known children are terrifying, but I’m becoming more and more familiar with their ability to simultaneously charm and chill. There’s a genius to it that I just can’t hack as a writer. I ...

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The Little Switzerland Cloggers celebrated their 2025 achievements at the team’s annual awards banquet held on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at The Highland Center. Pictures are, front row, from left, Isabel Conner ...

MONTEREY — Kirk Billingsley was appointed to the Highland County Electoral Board by the Highland County Circuit Court Dec. 16, 2025. Well known in the community for his business, Big Fish Cider, ...

LOW MOOR — After a contentious discussion Tuesday and discussion in closed session, the Alleghany County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution in opposition to gerrymandering and redistricting ...

In her four seasons in Harrisonburg, Jailyn Ford helped lead JMU to a 185-48 record and became the program’s first All-American selection by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association ALLEGHENY ...

• Feb. 22 — Deputy C. Altizer and Deputy T. Harlow conducted a traffic stop on Sam Snead Highway. • Feb. 22 — Deputy D. Smith and Deputy T. Plecker conducted a well-being check in Millboro. • Feb. 22 ...

In another marathon session — nearly six hours long — the county (Highland) presented its proposed budget. As usual, the largest increases were in salaries and benefits. The presentation referenced a ...

Part of the Sunday crowd at Highland’s Maple Festival, estimated at from 3,500 to 4,000 is shown in this picture taken at the front of the Monterey Hotel. (Recorder file photo) Editor’s note: This ...

HOT SPRINGS — Bath County administrator Mike Bender presented the first budget draft for fiscal year 2027 to county supervisors during their budget work session last Thursday, Feb. 26, showing ...

BLUE GRASS — Rose Marie Rexrode, 68, of Blue Grass, passed away Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, at her home. She was born June 30, 1957, a daughter of the late George Nelson and Earlean McDaniel McElwee. A ...

EAGLE ROCK — Lloyd Moore Merchant Sr., 86, of Eagle Rock, died Monday, March 2, 2026, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem. Lloyd was born March 28, 1939, in Gala, to the late William ...