Iron Gate council is hoping the town doesn’t soon go to the cows. During her report last Thursday, May 29, Iron Gate mayor Kawahna Persinger told council members she’d had a discussion recently with ...

Raymond Allen Heighter, 88, of Clifton Forge, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2025, at his niece’s residence. He was born Oct. 11, 1936, to the late Phillip M. Heighter Sr., and Lillian Jones Heighter.

The Cougar girls’ 4x800-meter relay team of, from left, Willow Morgan, Kiera Lowman, Faith Barron, and Maggie Hensley won the Class 3, Region C title last Thursday at Fluvanna County High School.

EAGLE ROCK — Arthur Harry Dudley, 85, of Eagle Rock, died Saturday, May 24, 2025, at his residence. He was born Aug. 6, 1939, in Botetourt County to the late Harry Cahoon and Lettie Ann Dudley. He was ...

Kinlee Huffman, left, valedictorian of the Alleghany High School Class of 2025, and Keegan Morris, salutatorian, will graduate May 30. Both students earned numerous scholarships this year. Huffman ...

MONTEREY — Highland County Public School superintendent Dr. Drew Maerz gave an update on budget issues to the Highland County Board of Supervisors at a work session on May 21. Maerz shared an amended ...

MONTEREY — Debbie Hodges filed an objection to the motion to dismiss the recall of two county supervisors on May 15. Hodges has led multiple efforts to recall supervisors Harry Sponaugle and Henry ...

BUENA VISTA — Mountain Gateway Community College invites the public to attend the grand opening of the newly-renovated Joe Wilson Workforce Center in Buena Vista Friday, June 20, at 11 a.m. The center ...

HOT SPRINGS — There may have been just 32 graduates on the stage but Saturday, it seemed as if every seat in the auditorium was filled with family, friends and well-wishers. The audience shouted, ...

I could use a tax cut. You could probably use a tax cut. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and all those like them who now control the vast majority of the wealth in our country do not.

Dylan Stull, Josh Anglin and James Helmintoller-Quantz, left to right, finished second in the 24th Annual Virginia State USBC High School Tournament in late March at Bowl America Bull Run in Manassas.