Finding an endangered orchid in Virginia is not a rare thing, said Smithsonian landscape ecologist Dr. Iara Lacher, who works in Front Royal.

FRONT ROYAL – Attorney Stephen Jerome won a Thursday canvass by 15 votes to become the Warren County Republican Committee’s nominee in the race for circuit court clerk.

FRONT ROYAL – Angie Moore, a former circuit court senior deputy clerk, recently announced an independent campaign in the special election for circuit court clerk, a seat vacated upon Clerk Darryl Funk’s appointment as a judge.

FRONT ROYAL – The Board of Supervisors and Town Council began discussions Tuesday during a joint meeting to determine how the two bodies can work together in handling the fallout from the alleged embezzlement scheme at the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority. 

FRONT ROYAL – Dan Whitten, the attorney for Warren County and the and the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority, tendered his resignation Wednesday to become Prince George County’s attorney.

FRONT ROYAL – A Warren County man remains in jail accused of setting fire to a family member’s home in July.

Kristie Atwood has announced hopes of receiving the Warren County Republican Committee’s nomination in the race for clerk of the circuit court, a seat vacated halfway through an eight-year term after Clerk Darryl Funk was named a judge.

FRONT ROYAL – Monday was the first day of school for Warren County Public Schools students, and it was also the first day on the job for a new kindergarten teacher.

FRONT ROYAL – Anyone in search of the picturesque views the Appalachian Trail has to offer but without the physical ability to tackle the monster hike has a new stop in the valley as the town prepares to become the northernmost member of the Appalachian Mural Trail.

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office arrested a local man on Saturday and charged him with arson after an investigation into a July residential fire that was ruled an act of arson.

FRONT ROYAL – Perched on a hillside overlooking the valley, Valley Health’s newest hospital is coming together beam by beam.

FRONT ROYAL — Ten adults and 16 children competed for golden platters in two apple pie-eating contests on Wednesday at the Warren County Fair.

FRONT ROYAL — The Warren County School Board was provided an update on the renovations on A.S. Rhodes Elementary School during a special work session on Wednesday.

MIDDLETOWN — Dr. Kevin McCauley once asked himself why he would give up a great career as a Navy flight surgeon for a moment of opioid-induced euphoria.

FRONT ROYAL — Walter Mabe has declared he will run for the Board of Supervisors’ Shenandoah district seat against incumbent Tom Sayre.

Scientists know little about what’s driving the decline of endangered mountain tapirs, a mammal that lives in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru.

FRONT ROYAL – Supervisor Tom Sayre, at the Board of Supervisors regular Tuesday meeting, lamented that he was never told that Stoneburner Carter Insurance - a company at which Supervisor Tony Carter is employed - is the broker on insurance policies for a number of properties owned by the Fro…

FRONT ROYAL – Not all the hogs were having it on Tuesday at the Warren County Fair 4-H Market Hog Show.

FRONT ROYAL – A local lawyer hopes to become the circuit court clerk in the Nov. 5 special election for a seat vacated halfway through an eight-year term after Clerk Darryl Funk became a judge.

Warren County Public Schools Superintendent Greg Drescher said he and the rest of the school division staff are excited about the coming school year.

FRONT ROYAL – After 22 years, Skyline High School English teacher Rich Follett still loves to teach.

Warren County Public Schools will see a dime price increase for lunches at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year.

FRONT ROYAL — Jennifer McDonald and Donald Poe, who have been charged by the special grand jury investigating misuse of funds within the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority, were released from jail Wednesday after being granted bond by Judge Bruce D. Albertson in Warren …

FRONT ROYAL – Charges against a former regional jail officer accused of committing sex acts with an inmate go to a Warren County grand jury next month.

FRONT ROYAL – The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority cannot figure out the solar panels sitting atop its office that were installed by Earth Right Energy Solar-Commercial LLC.

FRONT ROYAL — Ryleigh Finley, 6, loves reading author Eric Litwin’s interactive books.

FRONT ROYAL - Dates listed on the indictments of businessman Donald Poe and Jennifer McDonald, the former executive director of the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority, indicate that the two have been charged with related crimes involving financial misappropriations at the EDA.

FRONT ROYAL — Missy Henry, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority’s former administrative assistant, was granted bond in Warren County Circuit Court on Tuesday by Judge Bruce D. Albertson.

FRONT ROYAL — Jennifer McDonald, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority’s former executive director, was indicted Monday on two additional counts of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses and embezzlement.

FRONT ROYAL – Donnie Poe, one of the nine defendants in the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority’s $17.6 embezzlement and misappropriation lawsuit, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on two felony counts of obtaining money by false pretenses and one felony count of perjury, a…

Over the last month, five scimitar-horned oryx calves have been born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal. The four male calves and one female all appear to be thriving, according to a news release from the institute.

FRONT ROYAL - Michelle “Missy” Henry, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority's former administrative assistant who was arrested in June on two felony counts of embezzlement, will continue to be held without bond.

FRONT ROYAL - A Warren County man who prompted authorities to storm a Linden home over fears he might harm himself or others must serve jail time for a gun charge.

A Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren County Regional Jail corrections officer finds herself an inmate after the Warren County Sheriff’s Office charged her with allegations of criminal actions involving an inmate.