All systems are a go for tonight’s area sports slate that includes seven basketball games, along with the Shenandoah District Swim Championships in Lexington. The only adjustment is the start time for ...

• Jan. 25 — Deputy T. Plecker checked on a disabled vehicle near the Roseloe Motel in Warm Springs. • Jan. 25 — T. Plecker and Virginia State Police checked on a disabled vehicle on Douthat State Park ...

ARBOVALE, W.Va. — Murrel Calhoun Mullenax, 89, of Arbovale, passed away Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at WVU Medicine United Hospital Center, Bridgeport, W.Va. He was born May 31, 1936, on Allegheny Mountain ...

Doug Puffenbarger has been feeding his cattle extra grain to help them survive extreme low temperatures and ice. (Photo courtesy the Puffenbargers) ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS — Highland, Bath, and Alleghany ...

• Happy 90th birthday to Fred Ward, who celebrates Feb.16. His secret to the fountain of youth is the love of his kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids. He has six children, 18 grandchildren, and 30 ...

An eerie winter canopy settled over Monterey by 1 a.m. Sunday morning under single-digit temperatures, with frozen rain and snow blanketing the town, leaving shades of gray in this view from Monterey ...

Now we begin to realize that no one in America is safe. The latest killing in Minneapolis, Minn., is another example of our own government causing the deaths of innocent persons — those persons ...

Well, it sure didn’t take long for “Abigail the Awful” and her lobbyist-powered legions of legislative orcs to shed their “moderate” skin suits and get in touch with their inner Mao. Name-calling you ...

If you’re reading this, I can only assume you, like me, have survived Snowpocalypse 2026. As I’m typing this, I can honestly report I am cold — very, very cold — and, after being stuck in the house ...

• We survived the first storm of 2026. Wow, thinking we were going to get over a foot of snow, but ended up with a lot more ice than snow. The snow would have been a lot easier to deal with, some are ...

January 12, Troy Coleman; January 13, Brian Butler; January 14, Wayne Howard; January 15, Betty Rexrode; January 16, Justin Siron. Thanks to everyone who participated - we will do it again!

MILLBORO — Mavis Elaine Hodge Plecker, wife of James “Jim” Plecker, 83, of Millboro, passed away Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at her home. She was born Feb. 7, 1942, in Bath County, a daughter of the late ...