Buddy Leisure-White runs a kickoff back 91 yards for a Cougar touchdown. High School Football: Turner Ashby 42, Alleghany 16. The Knights used three second-quarter touchdowns to take command in a ...

Landon, Caston and Easton Lightner parade through school halls in Halloween costumes. (Photos courtesy Highland County Public Schools)Highland Elementary teachers enjoy Halloween treats from teacher ...

ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS — A West Virginia legislator is inviting 30 Virginia and Maryland counties to join the Mountain State, including Alleghany, Highland, and Bath counties. In a resolution introduced ...

COVINGTON — Linda Stacey King Corbett, 60, of Covington, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, at her residence. Stacey was born July 18, 1965, in Alleghany County, to Pauline Naomi Thompson King and the late ...

RICHMOND — It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of their beloved mother, Mildred Elizabeth Persinger Kemper, 88, formerly of Covington, who left them on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, at ...

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Thank you to the community for all the donations and support for the school benefit dinner. A special thank you to the Blue Grass Ruritans for letting us use their building. From the Amish community ...

MONTEREY — With rumors swirling about the fate of local Summit Community Bank branches in Highland and Bath, Summit explained more about what it will mean. “This is a true merger,” said Angie Zirk, ...

HOT SPRINGS — Sometimes, building a high school football schedule can be a tough chore. At Bath County, the job is particularly challenging. Jake Phillips, the school’s head football coach and ...

Covington resident Richard Jordan, right, along with his partner Amber Nicely, who are parents of a senior at Alleghany High School, speak in front of the Alleghany County Courthouse Monday morning.

Over the past few weeks, as the oppressive heat of summer has loosened its grip and we’ve slid toward cool evenings and the promise of another blessed holiday season, I find myself waxing nostalgic.