2018-12-06

Governor declares state of emergency ahead of storm

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MONTEREY and WARM SPRINGS — Gov. Ralph Northam has declared a state of emergency designed to help Virginia mitigate any damage caused by the upcoming snowstorm and to streamline the process the commonwealth uses to provide assistance to localities and communities impacted by it. While at this point, Bath and Highland counties are not likely to be has heavily impacted, that […]

Pipeline construction suspended, again


MONTEREY — Following a court order today, Dec. 7, Dominion filed notice with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it is suspending construction along the entirety of the 600-mile route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, except as needed for safety and to prevent environmental damage. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approvals for […]

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On Santa’s lap at Wintertide last weekend were Jaxson Will, who will be five on Dec. 25, and Andrew Ralston, whose birthday is Dec. 22. See more photos, page 2. (Recorder photo by John Bruce)

Cheers!

Bacova Beer Co. has stellar opening, with hundreds attending to sample the variety of its new brews. See more photos, page 30.

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Historic Bath site rebukes pipeline plans


MONTEREY — The Wilderness LLC flatly opposes plans Dominion has outlined for the historic property in Northern Bath County and the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. On the recommendation of landowners Robert and Roberta Koontz, The Recorder asked attorney Izak Howell, who represents The Wilderness, for response to the pipeline company’s mitigation plan filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in […]

Music of Christmas filling the air

Odds ‘n Ends

• Highland County has a lot to be thankful for, and our students are the best and most well-behaved kids I have ever been around, but does any one notice the group of home school children in the county? For the past couple of years I have been helping with VPAS and the Meals on Wheels program for Bath and […]

Officers represent Bath, Highland at convention

HOT SPRINGS — Roy Gutshall, county president Matthew Blagg, and Kari Sponaugle of Highland-Bath County were among 273 delegates who helped formulate legislative policies during the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation 2018 annual convention. Overall, six Highland-Bath representatives attended the convention, held Nov. 27-29 in Hot Springs. The delegates adopted policy positions to guide Farm Bureau’s legislative direction during the 2019 […]

James ‘Jim’ Howard Woods

STAUNTON — James Howard Woods, 78, of Staunton, passed away Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 at the Shenandoah House at AMC in Fishersville. He was born in Mill Gap on Aug. 9, 1940, the son of the late Howard Wesley “Dick” and Ruby Eunice Fulton Woods. Mr. Woods was co-founder and partner of Blue Ridge Appraisal Co. He loved spending time […]

Joyce Marie Jack Byram

CRAIGSVILLE — Joyce Marie Jack Byram, 78, of Craigsville, died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018 in Staunton. She was born Aug. 28, 1940 in Bath County, the daughter of the late Jessie Clayton Jack and Cora Divine Windsor Jack. She was a lifelong homemaker, a member of People’s Baptist Church, and a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She is survived […]