After a delay four days short of a month (Sept. 26 to Oct. 23) due to “unforeseen circumstances” or “unforeseen health issues” depending on which attorney’s...
In an echo of Royal Examiner’s October 17 coverage of the GIANT/MARTINS donation to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank (BRAFB) and Front Royal’s First Baptist...
At a brief, apparently 23-minute meeting of which just over 16 minutes were recorded or live-streamed Tuesday evening, October 17, the Warren County Board of Supervisors...
On Tuesday afternoon, October 17, in conjunction with its 100th anniversary celebration, the GIANT Company donated $100,000 (plus another $50,000 it turned out) to the Blue...
In a report issued October 10th by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), a D.C. and Austin, Texas-based non-profit environmental watchdog group, reduced fecal bacteria levels that...
The 2023 Festival of Leaves in the Town of Front Royal’s Historic Downtown Business District managed to skirt a more lengthy rain weather forecast and early-morning...
On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 10, supporters of 31st State House Delegate candidate Steve Foreman gathered at the Town of Front Royal Village Commons/Gazebo area...
The two topics of most general public interest at the 6 p.m. Warren County Board of Supervisors work session on Tuesday, October 10, began and ended...
In response to a reader inquiry about the Warren County government cracking down on the presence of homeless people in county parks to the extent of...
After months of controversy and heightened animosity between opposing sides of the public and unclear and mixed messaging from the county’s elected officials, on Tuesday evening,...
According to documents in the Warren County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, on Monday, September 25, legal counsel for HEPTAD LLC (Heptad) filed a civil action against...
(UPDATE: According to the 10th Western District of Virginia federal website, Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon has set aside the week of Monday, October 23, through Friday,...
With the federal criminal prosecution of Jennifer McDonald again on hold, this time from Tuesday, September 19 through Friday, September 22, if not longer, due to...
The morning of September 20, 2023, 40 years to the day after he was gunned down from behind near the intersection of Villa Avenue and Sixth...
(Writer’s Update: On Wednesday, Sept. 20, for the second consecutive day the federal criminal trial of former FR-WC EDA Executive Director Jennifer McDonald was cancelled. This...
After an unexpected near-testimony adventure to Harrisonburg Federal Court the previous day — “We need you here now!” — on Wednesday, September 13, your humble reporter...
From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2023, Skip and Kathy Rogers of the Able Forces Foundation held a 9/11 Patriot Day memorial...
(Author’s note: this commentary was written on September 11 and 12, 2001, as events transpired. It has since been reprinted in various edits in various years...
Once again, a now familiar non-agenda item dominated the Tuesday, September 5, Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting, both outside the Warren County Government Center (WCGC),...
The $5,000 defamation of character civil suit brought by local Catholic activist Mark Egger against Stevi Hubbard, a self-described activist in her own right, was before...
It was fortuitous timing that took this Royal Examiner reporter/editor by the 15th Street Health and Human Services Complex to the Office of Elections & Voter...
Of nine public hearings held at its meeting on Monday, August 28, the Front Royal Town Council spent the bulk of its time on the final...
This past Friday, August 25, long-time area singer/musician Bev Williams crossed a landmark, his 70th birthday — tho the official party wasn’t until the following day,...
Following a delay of two months (from Aug. 22 to Oct. 24) being granted out of three months he requested the public hearing on his rezoning...
The long and winding road to criminal prosecution of former Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority (FR-WC EDA, EDA) Executive Director Jennifer McDonald, the central figure...
(Writer’s Note: This story has been updated as of noon, August 17, in the lead paragraph as to the number of speakers on specific topics addressed...
After noting that he had spoken to constituents on both sides of the Samuels Public Library book removal and funding debate following Public Comments at the...
Town Attorney George Sonnett took the lead in presenting “the weeds” of the proposed contract with Blue Line Solutions for unmanned speed cameras in four public...
On Tuesday, August 8, the Warren County Board of Supervisors held a work session to get staff updates on a number of topics involving projects and...
The five-month saga of a county man who lost his federal top secret clearance third-party contractor’s job after being arrested on multiple charges related to his...