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...
As the Fourth of July approaches, public safety officials in Warren County and the Town of Front Royal are urging residents to celebrate responsibly and to...
As I was completing my story on the weekend planting of a Rotary International and District 7570 Peace Pole at Samuels Public Library, the idea emerged...
Warren County Administrator Ed Daley has confirmed that Library Systems & Services (LS&S) has rescinded its offer to provide public library services to the county government....
The Warren County Board of Supervisors began its Special Meeting of June 24, 2025, at 5 p.m. with a nearly one-hour Closed Session running up to...
The Monday, June 23 regular meeting of the Town Council began with proclamations as Mayor Lori Cockrell declared Town Employee Appreciation Week from July 20 to...
The Front Royal Planning Commission unanimously voted on Wednesday, June 18, to recommend approval of a rezoning request for two parcels located along Elsia Drive. The...
Concerns over how much government oversight is too much took center stage at the Warren County Planning Commission’s June 11 meeting, as members voted to forward...
Many residents were at the Warren County Public Safety Building on Wednesday night for a public town hall hosted by the Warren County Department of Fire...
This press release is from Chairman Jay Butler, Vice Chairman John Stanmeyer, and Supervisors Vicky Cook and Richard Jamieson, four of the five duly elected Warren...