HOT SPRINGS — Jesse Carlyle “J.C.” Snead, 84, of Hot Springs, passed away Friday, April 25, 2025, at his residence. He was born Oct. 14, 1940, in Hot Springs, the son of the late Jesse James Snead and ...

MONTEREY— After an hour of debate, multiple failed motions, and recalculations of several different scenarios, the Highland County Board of Supervisors adopted a budget Monday and raised real estate ...

H & H Cash Store in Monterey, a country general store operated by Jack and Gaye Harold, is said to have provided inspiration for Robert Quackenbush’s 85th children’s book. “Moose’s Store.” (Recorder ...

Bryce Leitch, right, with her father and coach Thumper Leitch, after she got her 1,000th point. (Recorder file photo by Mark Pifer) Alleghany’s Bryce Leitch has been named all-state by the Basketball ...

HOT SPRINGS — Throughout his lifetime, Paul Siple called the star he coached at Valley High School in the 1950s the greatest all-around athlete to ever come out of Bath County. Those who grew up with ...

MILLBORO — Jessica Mace Thompson, 48, of Millboro died Sunday, April 27, 2025, at Lewis-Gale Hospital-Alleghany. She was born Jan. 19, 1977, in Bath County, to Patsy Thompson of Clifton Forge and the ...

I am surprised by the Bath County Democratic Committee’s extremely negative full page ad about our rural counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the April 17 issue of The Recorder. It said in big ...

I’d like to thank the dastardly driver from Sunday night’s entertainment for getting so many of us up to watch his shenanigans. Watching him doing doughnuts through someone’s lawn for some unknown ...

WARM SPRINGS — Bath County leaders are proposing a tax hike for next fiscal year. In a split decision, the Bath County Board of Supervisors voted to advertise a real estate tax rate set at 70 cents ...

As the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of World War II, all must read this bizarre story of an Austrian. His father’s birth name was Shicklgruber. His mother was a housekeeper. After quitting ...

Bath's Cooper Lowry slides into first ahead of the tag from Highland third baseman Evan Kimble. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler) High School Baseball: Highland 13, Bath County 8. Evan Kimble had ...

High School Baseball: Highland 19, Craig County 4. Zach Armstrong and John Wagner both homered and the Rams won their fifth straight, run-ruling the Rockets in a Pioneer District game in Monterey.