• On July 31, everyone is invited to the pool complex for a campfire night, featuring songs, stories and of course s’mores. This is a free event sponsored by the Highland County Public Library and the ...

The group of elected officials and state representatives stopped at one of the larger ponds at Hayfields State Park. Park manager Justin Rexrode explained tentative plans to develop looped trails ...

COVINGTON — Rita Brewster Nida, 63, of Covington, was called home Wednesday, July 16, 2025. She was at Good Samaritan Hospice in Roanoke, where she was surrounded by her loved ones. Rita was born Oct.

COVINGTON — The 2025 Valley League Baseball season is winding down and the Lumberjacks will host their final two regular season home games this weekend. “We host Culpeper tonight at Casey Field at ...

Kylie Arbogast, left, and Virginia Richardson team up for a dig during a match with Bath County in October. (Recorder photos by Gavin Dressler) Alleghany got a small taste of the new-look Shenandoah ...

LOW MOOR — Alleghany Highlands Public Schools announces its continued participation in the Community Eligibility Provision under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, ensuring all students ...

Far below the ridgeline of Jack Mountain, where twilight burned like embers behind the chestnut trees, the air began to stir. Three storm spirits — ancient and malignant — spiraled downward from the ...

Art show co-chair Molly Haynes, right, displays a painting for Debbie Rodgers, left, and volunteer Hella Armstrong. The work was painted by Laura Whitmer of Lexington. (Recorder photo by Gavin ...

By Staff on July 17, 2025 COVINGTON — The 2025 Emerging Artists from Garth Newel Music Center will play on Monday, July 28, at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church, Covington.

As part of Fourth of July celebrations, veterans, from left, Richard Erskine (U.S. Army), Tammy Conner (U.S. Navy), and Tom McHenry (U.S. Navy) were the grand marshals for the Stars and Stripes parade ...

McDOWELL — A new medical option is coming to Highland County, courtesy of Augusta Health. On the second Monday each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., starting July 14, a 38-foot mobile medical unit will ...

Editor, The Recorder, At some time in our life we have had to deal with Newton’s three laws of motion. So let’s look at number three, action and reaction. I’m sure you have heard of or dealt with ...