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 ...

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!

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 ...

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 ...

• 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 ...

• Jan. 18 — Deputy Bryan IV, Deputy Altizer, and Deputy Colaw responded to a report of a prowler at a residence on Dunns Gap Road. • Jan. 18 — Colaw assisted fire and rescue with a structure fire at a ...

Cattle gather under a tree in this snowy scene taken yesteryear near the New Hampden Mill in Blue Grass. (Recorder file photo originally published Jan. 31, 2008) Editor’s note: This article was ...

Three weeks after Renne Goode was killed and a week after Alex Pretti was shot dead, I just received the latest “News from Congressman Ben Cline” email. Did he mention what is happening in Minneapolis ...

HOT SPRINGS — Van Andrew Thompson, 79, of The Springs Nursing Center in Hot Springs, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Van was born Sept. 7, 1946, in ...

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 ...

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — Barbara Mottern Paitsel, 74, born in Covington, passed away peacefully at her home on Jan. 19, 2026, in Mount Airy, embraced by her three loving sons. She was preceded in death by ...

The Trump administration’s recent seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has left me shocked and disappointed. The attack, which killed at least 100 people in Venezuela, is a clear violation ...