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EDA in Focus7 years ago

EDA fills second staff vacancy this week – Henderson joins Parsons

Following a brief closed session Thursday morning, a four-member quorum of the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors voted to hire Gretchen Henderson...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

EDA Investigation, Part 4: EDA board member Ron Llewellyn is interviewed by FRPD

FRONT ROYAL – Despite a thorough initial investigation by the Front Royal Police Department the alleged break-in at the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority office...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Defendant attorneys cite vagaries, legal conflicts in EDA civil suit

Attorneys for defendants in the civil litigation filed on behalf of the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority on March 26 have filed a series of...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

State Economic Development Partnership official named new EDA executive

Following a closed session Monday morning the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Board of Directors approved the hiring of a permanent replacement for Jennifer McDonald as...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

EDA Investigation: FRPD’s initial interview of Jennifer McDonald, Part 3

In this final segment of the Front Royal Police Department’s initial interview with then-EDA Executive Director Jennifer McDonald, Lead Investigator Landin Waller and Investigator Crystal Cline...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Unsealed State Police documents claim McDonald lied about gambling winnings

Unsealed documents related to a Virginia State Police investigation into the finances of former Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Director Jennifer McDonald indicate that she lied...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Tran credited McDonald with saving ITFederal project – but what was saved?

Contacted by phone on April 20, ITFederal principal Truc “Curt” Tran said he was limited in what he could say about his plans for his 30-acre...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Town, County officials tread lightly around the elephant in the room

With a rising tide of critical public scrutiny of past failures of municipal oversight of the Town-County Economic Development Authority resulting in civil litigation involving an...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Busy week for EDA: Appointments, Town FOIA, director hunt, bond issue

On Monday morning, April 15, at the first of two special meetings of the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors called this week...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

EDA Investigation: FRPD’s initial interview of Jennifer McDonald, Part 2

In this second segment of the initial interview on June 15, 2017 with Front Royal Police Department Investigators Landin Waller and Crystal Cline, McDonald pushes forward...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

FBI, State Police descend on EDA headquarters Tuesday morning

Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Virginia State Police conducted a search and apparent removal of items from the office of the Front Royal-Warren...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

EDA break-in investigation: Back to the beginning

FRONT ROYAL – Nearly two years ago, on May 11, 2017, former Front Royal-Warren County EDA executive director Jennifer R. McDonald claims she found a knife...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

EDA had spent only $10,500 at time of workforce housing purchase

As referenced in our second story on ramifications of the investigation into financial wrongdoing and alleged embezzlement of FR-WC Economic Development Authority assets, the rationale used...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Sayre: Sheriff’s brother-in-law ordered investigator to withhold information from Commonwealth’s Attorney in McDonald case

At the April 2, 2019, Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting Shenandoah Supervisor Tom Sayre, who is engaged in dueling defamation lawsuits with Jennifer McDonald, broached...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

And that’s not all: Carter, Murray and Glavis address EDA investigation

Today we add three more elected county officials to our record of public reactions to the escalating and seemingly never-ending story about the forensic audit of...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Documents indicate Goodlatte pushed for $10-million EDA loan to Tran and ITFederal

FRONT ROYAL – Questions about the EDA audit and what it reveals are swirling around Front Royal and Warren County , and the enormous increase in...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

And that’s not all – the mysterious EDA workforce housing transaction

As noted in our story on approval of a half-million-dollar increase (to $760,000) in County funding of the financial investigation (forensic audit) and consequent litigation resulting...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Cost of EDA audit skyrockets from $260,000 to $760,000 – and that’s not all

FRONT ROYAL – Following an hour-and-a-half closed session discussion Tuesday morning, April 2, the Warren County Board of Supervisors upped authorization on the cost of the...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Town seeks full disclosure of result of forensic audit of EDA

In a rare open meeting discussion of EDA financial anomalies on Monday evening, April 1 – we know, who’s the fool? – the Front Royal Town...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Salins spearheads questions on Town, EDA favoritism toward Valley Health

The day before the EDA financial corruption story began dominating last week’s news cycle several citizens confronted the Front Royal Town Council on the proposed solution...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Tony Carter signed resolution for purchase of empty warehouse, costing County $25k monthly

FRONT ROYAL – Royal Examiner has learned, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that, acting on the advice of then-EDA Executive Director Jennifer McDonald...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Solar company named in EDA litigation joins sheriff in denying involvement

On Friday, March 29, Earth Right Energy Solar Commercial LLC issued the second statement of denial of any involvement in money laundering, embezzlement or theft of...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Madden requests, Athey empanels special grand jury in EDA case

Following a tumultuous five-day period culminating with the Tuesday, March 26 filing of a nine-defendant, 199-point civil suit filed on behalf of the Front Royal-Warren County...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

County breaks silence on EDA functions, oversight and alleged criminality

The nine-defendant, 199-point civil suit filed Tuesday, March 26, on behalf of the “Warren EDA” as it is referred to in the lawsuit has broken the...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Sheriff McEathron reacts to EDA allegations

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office issued the following today, March 27, 2019: Sheriff McEathron advised that he was served with a lawsuit from the EDA yesterday....
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Board of Supervisors reacts to EDA allegations

Today, March 27, 2019, the Warren County Board of Supervisors posted this on the County’s website: County Board Chairman Dan Murray: “On behalf of the Board...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Commonwealth’s Attorney Madden requests Special Grand Jury

Today, March 27, 2019, Commonwealth’s Attorney Brian Madden released the following: Yesterday this office formally requested that the Honorable Clifford Athey, Jr. empanel a Special Grand...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

EDA $17.6 M lawsuit: Sheriff McEathron, McDonald, Donnie Poe, others named

FRONT ROYAL – Nine defendants were named in a civil case filed Tuesday in the Circuit Court of Warren County by the Front Royal-Warren County...
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Mayor admits: we ‘drank the Kool-Aid’ in apology to former councilwoman

“The report of the mayor: Bébhinn, please accept my sincere apology. I was never under the intention of quieting you or putting words in your mouth....
EDA in Focus7 years ago

Council confronted over past protectionism of EDA and its chief executive

In the wake of recent revelations about ITFederal principal Truc “Curt” Tran’s decision not to relocate his IT solutions company to the remediated former Avtex Superfund...

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