Anna Essex gets the kill for Bath County as Ram Colleen Adams attempts defense. (Recorder photos by David Cockerham)MONTEREY ...

Highland County Public Schools started this school year with nearly 40 percent of its staff not fully licensed for the position they are filling — 15 staff members. According to a list provided by ...

Ingrid Wallace Barber, center, has been named the 2024 Highlands Christmas Mother. At right is her husband, Randy, and at ...

Darrell Miller Broce, 97, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at the Davis & McDaniel Veterans Care Center. He was born May 11, 1927, in Bath County, the son of the late Luther Hale ...

Editor, The Recorder, If you believe there are more than two genders and want the government to force this silliness on all institutions by law, vote Democrat. If you believe it is acceptable for our ...

Jerry Lee Mc- Culley, 61, of Selma, passed away Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at LewisGale-Alleghany Hospital, Low Moor. Jerry was born Aug. 9, 1963, to the late George Arnold and Phyllis Ann Loving ...

Ruth Agnes “Becky” King, 84, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, after a brief illness at VCU Medical Center in Richmond. She was ...

Editor, The Recorder, We will lose this republic if Kamala Harris is elected President. She is one of the most liberal politicians in the nation who will lead the USA to socialism if we do not get our ...

Editor, The Recorder, I am 86 years old, born in 1937 in Crewe. My family lived on U.S. 460 at that time. In 1940, I saw the WWII “war machine” go by our front door headed to Camp Picket, before being ...

Editor, The Recorder, As people in Southwest Virginia are braced for the 2024 elections, they are concerned about the safety of all the candidates. The following must be taken into consideration: V.P.

Reta Carol Rose Swoope, 84, of Clifton Forge, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, at her residence. A funeral service will be held Friday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton ...

Editor, The Recorder, As a frequent critic of Donald Trump myself, I was intrigued by a recent letter reciting John Kelly’s “quote” about Trump defaming active service military members. As I recall, ...