A grassroots effort in eight Virginia counties, including Warren, to honor the sacrifices Blue Ridge mountain people were forced to make during the Great Depression is...
FRONT ROYAL – The Royal Examiner contacted Staples’ corporate headquarters in early summer, asking about the possibility of the store closing. We relayed that we had...
What Matters Warren Texas Relief Effort UPDATE at All Star Legacy Cheer and Dance Interview with Beth Waller and Donna Rogers [spacer height=”20px”] Unbelievable response to...
On Thursday, August 31, the sales contract transferring ownership of the former Front Royal Police Headquarters building at 24 West Main Street to private ownership was...
On August 31, 29th District State Delegate Chris Collins held a fundraising event in Front Royal for victims of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey. As explained in a...
Governor Terence R. McAuliffe is scheduled to spend about an hour in Front Royal on Saturday, Sept. 23 to help celebrate the first anniversary of the...
Discussion of the aborted vote on a request to expand the weekend days flea markets in Front Royal are allowed to operate indicated a changed consensus...
One of the most important buildings in Front Royal to many people is the unassuming structure at 316 North Royal Avenue best known to the less fortunate...
Following a public hearing Tuesday, August 22, at which 14 people spoke in front of a packed Town Hall second floor conference room, the Front Royal...
While lacking the dramatic impact of night for day and temperature drops reported as much as 10 to 20 degrees along the path of totality, the...
It was an explosive two weeks of news swirling around the president of the United States leading up to the August 9 and 16 dueling vigils...
Following the Tuesday, August 15, Board of Architectural Review (BAR) tour of the Afton Inn, MODE Development Partnership Architect Jim Burton and EDA Executive Director Jennifer...
A request to add Fridays to the weekend days that flea markets in the Town of Front Royal may operate was not acted on Monday, August...
Lavenda Denney ends a wildly successful four-year run as executive director of the Julia Wagner Animal Shelter next month, the Royal Examiner has learned. She leaves...
Front Royal’s Board of Architectural Review had some hard questions about the proposal forwarded to them to begin the authorization process for the demolition of the...
Shortly after 4 p.m., Friday, August 11 as storm clouds gathered and swirling winds spurred talk of tornado warnings, a thunderous boom vibrated through our midtown...
In its annual report to members, Friends of Samuel Library (FOSL) highlighted the inheritance retired director Nicki Lynch left behind; welcomed incoming director Harold Hayes; and...
An informal proposal spearheaded by East Main Street business owners to make their street one-way from Royal Avenue to Chester Street at the Town Gazebo was...
On Monday, August 7, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority announced that its controversial Workforce Housing Project will be turned over to a private-sector developer...
FRONT ROYAL – Historic Downtown was abuzz with activity Tuesday evening as area residents turned out by the dozens to participate in the 34th Annual National...
Following a closed session on Friday morning, July 28, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors passed two resolutions authorizing, first the demolition...
Below is the original proposal from the MODE Development Group, with design concepts by Carter-Burton Architecture, PLC inserted, concerning the plan to redevelop the Afton Inn...
The Town of Front Royal is considering expanding the days of operation of Flea Markets to include Fridays. Currently, Flea Markets may operate only on Saturdays,...
Front Royal’s mayor and town council continue to proceed cautiously toward instituting a property maintenance and rental inspection code. That caution appears fueled in part by...
The prosecution and defense rested their cases in the First Degree Murder trial of Clay Marshall Curtis late Thursday morning (June 29). Curtis is charged for...
There are animal adoption events this weekend – July 1-2 – at both the Julia Wagner Animal Shelter in Front Royal and the local Petco at...
FRONT ROYAL – After two and a half days of testimony the prosecution case is nearing a close in the First Degree Murder trial of Clay...
Learn how to be the boss of your finances through Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Managing Your Money Series – a six-part money management class for those who...
Frustration was expressed by Front Royal Town Council members concerning a lack of enforcement authority the Town faces concerning deteriorating or “at-risk” structures. That frustration came...
Long awaited Leach Run Parkway opens. Watch the ribbon cutting ceremony here: Mayor Hollis Tharpe introduces the “payors” of the new parkway.EDA Chairman announces Jim Eastham...