On Wednesday, September 17, the Town Planning Commission will hold two public hearings at 7 p.m. in the Warren County Government Center, the second of which...
The Tuesday, September 2nd, county board of supervisors meeting began with some detailed staff reports. Those included Public Works Director Mike Berry on the status of...
Warren County today announced that Fork District Supervisor Ms. Vicky Cook has resigned effective September 3, 2025, due to personal obligations. “On behalf of the Board,...
Among several items briefly addressed, like special use permits and a request for refund of an application fee, the Town Council reviewed at their Tuesday, September...
The Town of Front Royal is excited to announce the launch of the 2025–2026 Citizens Academy, an initiative designed to strengthen citizen engagement and provide participants...
Amid an initiative to relax the requirement that the town manager reside in Front Royal, revision to the employee handbook regarding paid time off, affirmation of...
“Enthusiastic, yes!” Chairman of the Town Planning Commission, Connie Marshner, forcefully rendered her vote in favor of code revision to accommodate auxiliary dwelling units at the...
The suspense is over, near the end of its meeting of August 19th, the Warren County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1, Cheryl Cullers dissenting, to appoint...
A meeting of the County Planning Commission on Wednesday, August 13, brought into key focus the one-hundred-foot setback requirement for short-term tourist rentals. This item came...
Due to an apparent “Communication Breakdown” — with a musical nod to that Led Zeppelin song title from this writer’s youth — the Warren County Board...
As artificial intelligence advances rapidly, the ease of reporting increases in direct proportion. A simple query with an instant response based on a lightning-fast calculation of...
“We know what not to do,” Planning Director Lauren Kopishke stated at the Wednesday, August 6 work session of the Town Planning Commission, amid a preliminary...
The most riveting thing said at Wednesday’s Warren County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting addressed something not on the open meeting agenda. However, it was one...
At their work session on Monday, August 4, the Town Council reviewed potential acquisitions and evaluated possible changes in the employee handbook to the policy on...
At 10 a.m., the morning of August 1st, the Warren County Board of Supervisors met at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel on the county’s northside to...
“That is exactly what they should be doing,” said Mayor Lori Cockrell, explaining the absence of the Front Royal boys’ baseball little league team from the...
The board’s only July 15 discussion about the future of public library services in this community occurred behind closed doors. But not so for the public....
Here, as promised, is a summary of other actions taken and presentations made at the July 15 Warren County Board of Supervisors open meeting. Once the...
“It is irresponsible not to have standards,” Planning Director Lauren Kopishke said when she sat down with the Royal Examiner on the morning of Thursday, July...
The Open Meeting agenda of the Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting of Tuesday, July 15, appeared to involve a lot of technical “housekeeping” matters involving...
Amid general heaviness – the disappointment of a Town-County liaison meeting being cancelled, analysis of excess water volume and a potential power purchase, weighing the merits...
At 1:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, July 9, attorneys for the Warren County Economic Development Authority (WC EDA, EDA) and Truc “Curt” Tran and his Lewisburg Way...
When an item pulled out of the consent agenda was discussed at the County Planning Commission’s meeting on the evening of Wednesday, July 9, a divide...
A somewhat lengthy work session of the Warren County Board of Supervisors starting at 6 p.m., Tuesday evening July 8, was highlighted by several items with...
The Town Council work session on Monday, July 7, was packed with issues affecting everything from infrastructure to housing development, zoning clarity, and regional cooperation. Key...
Royal Examiner contacted newly installed Friends of Samuels Library (FOSL) President Sydney Patton about the Library’s “Pop Up Pop” fundraising event this past Saturday. Patton, who...
In business other than the County’s fight with Samuels Public Library, its patrons and supporters at the July 1 meeting of the Warren County Board of...
Following the Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting of July 1, Royal Examiner contacted Samuels Public Library officials for a reaction to North River District Supervisor...
During its July 2 work session, the Front Royal Planning Commission reviewed three key code items: two proposed zoning text amendments and one in-progress draft aimed...
For the majority of citizens not quite packing the Warren County Government Center (WCGC) main meeting room on a rainy, thunder-stormy day headed into evening, what...