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June 23, 2022
Highland County Public Schools’ bus driver Franny Neil outfitted her young riders with squirt guns on the last day of school, and then drove the loop of the parking lot two extra times so the kids could blast the school...
Public works facility struck by lightning
June 23, 2022
A van was rolled by the explosion, which spread debris to a nearby parking lot. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler)COVINGTON — Unexpected storms severely damaged Covington’s Public Works facility early last Friday morning. Shortly after midnight, a lightning strike is...
Moomaw access in awful shape
June 23, 2022
The group cut grass in an overgrown pavilion picnic area. (Photo courtesy Kim Alexander)HOT SPRINGS – When Kim Alexander helped form a local volunteer group to fix up Lake Moomaw, the last thing she expected was to be told she...
Plea deal reached on felony embezzlement charges
June 23, 2022
WARM SPRINGS – The former Millboro fire chief pleaded guilty to five felony embezzlement charges in Bath County Circuit Court last Thursday. Ernest Wayne Deel Jr., 44, was charged with 11 felony embezzlement counts; in a plea deal reached before...
School consolidation decades in the making: A history
First in a seriesJune 23, 2022
ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS — A long, winding journey that began in the 1960s will soon culminate in a historic unification. The road that led to the imminent consolidation of the Alleghany County and Covington school systems on Friday, July 1, though,...
Highland County softball rec league gets under way
BY CARLY THOMAS • CONTRIBUTING WRITER | June 23, 2022
