(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...
Royal Examiner contacted Samuels Public Library Operations Director and now Interim Director Eileen Grady and Samuels Board of Trustees President Melody Hotek following the August 4th...
At its August 7 work session, the Front Royal Town Council revisited the discussion of calibrated speed cameras to be utilized initially in four high-traffic area...
What appeared to be a pretty light Warren County Board of Supervisors agenda was rocked by an explosive Public Comments on non-agenda items segment near the...
On the morning of August 1st, the Richmond firm of McGuire Woods Consulting LLC, working with Samuels Public Library on its policy review related to the...
We at Royal Examiner wanted do expand on the acknowledgment of the Proclamation approved by the Front Royal Town Council, and signed by Mayor Lori A....
During the morning docket of Thursday, July 27, Warren County Circuit Court Judge Daryl L. Funk took a defense motion for a change of venue in...
At its monthly meeting to handle the increase in public hearings largely driven by Short-Term Tourist Rental requests, the Warren County Board of Supervisors held ten...
At its meeting of Monday, July 24, the Front Royal Town Council voted 5-0, Councilman Rogers absent, to deny the rezoning application for 43.9 acres of...
Thursday evening, July 20, at 6 p.m. at the Front Royal Town Hall 2nd floor conference room, the Front Royal-Warren County Liaison Committee held its quarterly...
Part Two of the “Dog Day Afternoon” drama pitting defendant Kristie Atwood and her family against the Warren County Sheriff’s Office in a battle over custody...
On July 10th the Samuels Public Library Board of Trustees met with its Ad Hoc Committee to reach decisions on public appeals of rulings of library...
As temperatures outside climbed toward the mid-to-upper 90s, a request to have custody of an approximately 10-year-old, crippled female Dachshund called “Baby Girl” transferred from its...
After a three-year stint as executive director of the Humane Society of Warren County at its Julia Wagner Animal Shelter, the Royal Examiner learned this week...
At its work session on July 10th at Town Hall, the Front Royal Town Council got a detailed briefing from Community Development and Tourism Manager Lizi...