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Strasburg declares a drought emergency
The Town of Strasburg declared a drought emergency due to continually low river levels of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River from which water is withdrawn. All citizens and businesses on the municipal water system are now required to conserve consumption. Where it is mandatory for municipal water users...
VDH issues an Algal Mat Alert in the Shenandoah River
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced an Algal Mat Alert for the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. The alert extends for just over 11 and a half miles from Deer Rapids Bridge to Strasburg. Where recreational users of the Shenandoah need to be alert, aware, and avoid the...
Plans defended for frontier park
July 19, 1991 — Bill Bryant’s proposed frontier park in western Luray would be “a very fun and very good family center,” according to the developer’s real estate broker. Bob Bridges, who makes his home in neighboring Rappahannock County, addressed about 40 residences of WestLu Meadows during a public hearing on the project before the Luray Town Council Monday evening.
Luray Visitor Center will remain in current spot after much debate over moving
LURAY, Va. (WHSV) - Some community members in Luray are feeling a weight off their shoulders; after a month of deliberation, the Luray Visitor Center will remain in its current home at the train depot. Page County Board of Supervisors voted 5-1 to keep the center in its current location....
Visitors Center to remain ‘as is’
LURAY, July 15 — The Page County Board of Supervisors resolved a few months of concern and controversy within a few minutes Monday night when they voted, 5-1, to leave the Luray-Page County Visitors Center housed at the historic train depot in Downtown Luray. In addition, the county will continue, as it has for the past three decades, to contract with the Luray-Page County Chamber of Commerce to operate the Visitors Center.
R-MA President David Wesley Under Scrutiny in Wake of Flight Scholarship Accusation, Lost Air Force Jr. ROTC Accreditation
A rising tide of controversy is erupting within the Randolph-Macon Academy community in the wake of several developments. Those include a public complaint by a family member of the late R-MA Commandant Ivan Mieth alleging contractual violations involving a flight scholarship created by the family in Commandant Meith’s memory after his death in a fire in 2012; and a multi-faceted litigation filed by terminated staffer Louis Massett in both local and federal court alleging discrimanatory and retaliatory actions in the R-MA work place.
Valley organizations receive federal funding for substance use prevention
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Addictions to Fentanyl and other opioids are ravaging communities all over the Valley and across the U.S., but young people are often the most affected by drug use and abuse. That is why two Valley organizations are receiving federal funding to stop youth substance use before it ever starts.
News Maker Robyn Miller of WATTS on the opening of the cooling center
It is hot and dry and cooling centers are available around the region including the War Memorial Building and Handley Library in Winchester. In Warren County the Public Safety Building, Community Center, and Government Center are open for cooling. Clarke County’s Library, and Recreation Center are also available for cooling...
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