2018-08-16

2018-08-16 E-Edition

Feds halt pipeline

• FERC denies permit review, but leaves room for an appeal
• Isolated sections of ACP might do for now, Dominion says

MONTEREY — Another late Friday whirlwind of decisions came down regarding Dominion’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline last week. Friday, Aug. 10, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a stop work order on the ACP and, on the same night, rejected petitions to rehear its Oct.13, 2017 decision to license the project. In related news, Dominion confirmed the industrialzoned McCray property […]

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Highland County gears up for new school year


MONTEREY — Wednesday, Aug. 8, the Highland County School Board learned from superintendent Dr. Thomas Schott that both the elementary school and the high school are fully accredited for the 2018-19 school year opening Monday, Aug. 20. Also, Highland County Public Schools received an anonymous donation of $7,500, which will allow the schools to offer free breakfast to all students […]

R&R leading reason to visit Highland, survey says


MONTEREY — Rest and relaxation. That’s by far the top reason to visit Highland County, according to survey results released Monday by the Highland Tourism Council. While only 14 surveys were completed, the survey is the latest indicator of why visitors spend their money in Highland. Rest and relaxation ranked double the number of the second-place reason for visiting — […]

Weekend health care needs? Head to Covington

A Party of One

COVINGTON – It’s after five on Friday. It’s 4 p.m. on Saturday. It’s 8 a.m. on Sunday. You really need to see a health care provider, but all hospitals and offices are closed. A costly emergency room visit is your only option. Or, is it? It is not! Get to Covington and walk in to Alliance Express Urgent Care. It’s […]

Changes coming to USFS recreation amenities in Bath

WARM SPRINGS — The George Washington and Jefferson National Forest is making changes to amenities at two recreation sites in Bath County. Areas impacted include the Poor Farm Dispersed Recreation area along the Jackson River and the McClintic Point Campground at the northern end of Lake Moomaw. The camping area at the Poor Farm Dispersed Recreation Area is temporar- ily […]

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Edwin ‘Ed’ Lee Crigler

SALEM — Edwin “Ed” Lee Crigler, 86, of Salem, and formerly of Monterey, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at Virginia Veteran’s Care Center, where he has resided the past five years. Mr. Crigler was born May 3, 1932 in Doe Hill, a son of the late Virgil and Pauline Simmons Crigler. Although born in Highland County, Mr. Crigler’s parents […]