2020-08-20

Highland school board sticks to opening for students, 5 days a week

MONTEREY — Tonight, the Highland County School Board voted 2-1 to keep to its original pandemic reopening proposal and give parents a choice between returning their children to the classroom with six-foot social distancing, or virtual or home-school learning. The measure passed on a motion by Kenny Hodges, seconded by chair Sherry Sullenberger. Joe Neil voted no. The winning proposal […]

2020-08-20 E-Edition

Inn restoration begins


MONTEREY — The Highland Inn renovation and community revitalization project celebrated a major milestone Tuesday. Architects, builders, volunteers and community leaders gathered on the inn’s front porch to observe the launch of phase 1 construction with an informal celebration. Miller Cupp and Lantz were lead contractors on the Highland Center renovation. Blue Grass Resource Center chair Robin Sullenberger and Monterey […]

Superintendent proposes total virtual learning for 1st semester


MONTEREY — It came down to two things. When Highland school superintendent Dr. Thomas Schott proposed starting Highland County Public Schools with all virtual learning instead of bringing students back to campus, it was a change based on new information that emerged in the last few weeks. One change was the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in areas […]

Ella Williams Nelson

HOT SPRINGS — Ella Williams Nelson, 88, of Hot Springs, passed away Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020 at her residence. She was born April 29, 1932 in Hot Springs, the daughter of the late Jessie Davis Williams and Barbara Thelma Loan Williams. Mrs. Nelson was employed as a seamstress for Jane Colby Sewing Factory. Prior to that she was the owner […]

Anita ‘Mickey’ Joan Campagna

PALMETTO, Fla. — Anita “Mickey” Joan Campagna, 90, formerly of Millboro, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020 at Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton. She was born March 12, 1930 in Camden, N.J., the daughter of the late Chester A. Mecluskey and Lydia M. Derrickson Mecluskey. She was always a wonderful, loving person who would […]

Roger Lee Hodge

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Roger Lee Hodge of Battle Creek, 71, died Saturday afternoon, Aug. 15, 2020 in Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo. Mr. Hodge, the son of Lonnie F. and Abbie J. Thurman Hodge, was born in Hot Springs, Va., on July 22, 1949, moved to this area as an infant, and was a 1967 graduate of Springfield High School. […]

To mail your vote, or not? Local registrars will help


WARM SPRINGS and MONTEREY – There is a lot of hubbub in the news every day about mail-in voting. During this time of pandemic, and social distancing, and urging folks to stay safely at home, what’s to happen on Election Day, Nov. 3? While some claim allowing mail-in ballots will create chaos, the facts are that there is very little […]

Bath EDA awards four more grants to businesses


WARM SPRINGS — Four more businesses received grants from the Bath County Emergency Small Business grant program last Wednesday. The Bath County Economic Development Authority awarded about $7,288 each to Backwoods Welding and Repair, Bluegrass Woods, Hillcrest Motel and Mountain Grove General Store. Those grants used the last of the $332,656 the board of supervisors allocated to the EDA for […]

SELC prepares to challenge NEPA changes

ATLANTA, Ga. — The Trump administration in a recent announcement hobbled the nation’s bedrock environmental protection, the National Environmental Policy Act, a law that has given marginalized communities a say in what happens to them when governments propose life-altering projects like highways and pipelines, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center. In doing so, the administration illegally cut corners in […]