Mary Lee Heavner, 86, of Franklin, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2026, at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. She was born May 29, 1940, in Franklin, the daughter of the late Russell E.

Editor, The Recorder, I have read with great interest the recent articles in The Recorder about the public listening sessions recently conducted about The Highland Center in Monterey. I was able to ...

Editor, The Recorder, In the past fortnight we’ve witnessed remarkable celebrations of the USA, first through the reactions of tens of thousands of foreign visitors for the soccer tournament and ...

Russell Eugene Roland, 66, of Clifton Forge, passed away peacefully Monday, June 29, 2026, at 10:20 a.m. at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. He was surrounded by his loved ...

Editor, The Recorder, As sheriff of Highland County, I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the commonwealth of Virginia. Every deputy who ...

Editor, The Recorder, I read with intrigue the letter to the editor, “Constitution mentions neither abortion nor abortion pills,” July 2. OK, so what’s the point? The Constitution also doesn’t mention ...

Editor, The Recorder, I am writing this to congratulate Ann Marie Hancock on her excellent piece in the July 2 Recorder (“World Cup visitors find inspiration in American patriotism”). What an ...

The Recorder is not identifying the parents involved in this story to protect their privacy. BATH COUNTY — Tragedy had struck for a Bath County family. And suddenly, they had more than doubled the ...

Men’s college basketball returns to The Greenbrier on Nov. 13 when Xavier and Mississippi State square off inside Colonial Hall at the famed West Virginia resort. The game is part of the Greenbrier ...

HOT SPRINGS — Elizabeth Ann “Diesel” Avis Keyser, 43, of Hot Springs, passed away Monday, July 6, 2026, at Carillion Roanoke ...

Despite being pegged as one of the nation’s next boom towns, Iron Gate has struggled throughout its 136-year history to ...

Boys Home residents Ryan Lanz, Taylor Vernon, and Caleb Lusk are pictured with Covington Lumberjack player Jacob Smith, left, ...