While the news lead may be the county supervisors unanimous approval of a coming fiscal year budget, approval of that $97,350,000 budget, including a long discussed...
The citizenry will be holding us accountable, Mayor Lori Cockrell told business owner Sam Sharma, and they will be holding you accountable. Having delivered his intent...
Front Royal’s Julia Wagner Animal Shelter on Progress Drive closes for three weeks starting July 1 while interior construction projects, including new floor tiling throughout, are...
Following two decades in the Rotary Club of Front Royal, in which he became club president in the year 2019-2020, Bret Hrbek, on Monday, June 24,...
From noon to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, in the Gazebo-anchored Village Commons Park in Historic Downtown Front Royal, the Warren County community hosted its...
We spoke to organizers of the third annual Gospel-Fest event held Saturday, June 15, at the Gazebo-anchored Village Commons Park at the intersection of East Main...
With only one party primary to select an opponent for Virginia U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, it appeared to be a light voting day progressing in Warren...
Monday afternoon, shortly before 4 p.m., with the local temperature in Front Royal and Warren County hovering at 92 degrees Fahrenheit – with a “Feels like...
In 2018, Tom Baker, an artist and the inspiration behind Camp Fantastic, passed away. “That was when we began talking about how we needed to do...
At 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, at the revitalized Raymond E. Santmyers Student Union and Activity Center at 200 East 8th Street, an open house...
You may be a minority in your home community but in statewide and national elections every vote is very important. — That was one of the...
“It saves the land.” That is what Warren County Planning Commissioner Kaylee Richardson told the Royal Examiner on the evening of Wednesday, June 12, after a...
On Wednesday, June 12, at 12:13 p.m., units were dispatched to the 400 block of Acton Street in Front Royal for a reported dwelling fire. Firefighters...
Tuesday’s Fiscal Year-2025 Warren County Budget Public Hearing was another face off between pro-public school staff and supporters and anti-public schools funding proponents, the latter appearing...
The town of Front Royal has vacancies to fill. In a presentation before the Front Royal Town Council on Monday, June 10, at a work session...
In a recent Town Talk at the Royal Examiner studios, Mike McCool sat down with Front Royal Mayor Lori Cockrell and Town Manager Joe Waltz to...
Hidden Springs Senior Living recently hosted a heartfelt commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. This event was particularly significant as the senior living community is...
On Thursday, June 6, the Warren County Board of Supervisors announced the legally advertised Special Meeting date for the public hearing on what has been at...
The Warren County School Board struggles with significant budget shortfalls as they face rising costs in substitute teaching, technology, custodial services, and health insurance. The board...
Warren County School Board held its final attendance awards ceremony for the school year, celebrating the efforts of schools, staff, and students in combating chronic absenteeism....
After executing a brief presentation of an application for a special use permit for a short-term rental at 415 East Main Street, Deputy Zoning Administrator John...
The Finance and Audit Committee of Warren County held a Special Meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, June 3, in the Warren County Government Center Conference Room....
Short-term Tourist Rentals Conditional Use Permitting (CUP) requests took up only three of seven public hearings at the Tuesday, June 4, regular meeting of the Warren...
At it’s monthly noon meeting of Monday, June 3, the Front Royal Economic Development Authority (FREDA), also known as the Town’s Business Development Board (BDB), got...
In the wake of contentious discussions about urban agriculture and hot disagreements about the most effective way to provide affordable housing, the Front Royal Town Council...
In this Town Talk, Mike McCool welcomed Tom Eshelman, a well-known local entrepreneur, to discuss his candidacy for mayor of Front Royal. Eshelman, who has spent...
The Warren County Board of Supervisors is optimistic about the future as the community moves forward following the sentencing of Jennifer McDonald. McDonald received a 14-year...
Below is a Press Release issued by the Western District of Virginia Prosecutor’s Office on May 29, the day of Jennifer McDonald’s sentencing in the Harrisonburg federal...
After hearing slightly over two hours of prosecution and defense arguments in support of their conflicting sentencing recommendations – 22 years by the prosecution, 6 years...
“You’ve got to draw the line somewhere,” said Councilman Bruce Rappaport at a regular Front Royal Town Council meeting on May 28, beginning at 7 p.m....