FRONT ROYAL – Beginning June 15, Jonathon C. Munch will take the helm as Warren County’s finance director, according to a county news release.

FRONT ROYAL – Citizens will be able to use the county treasurer and commissioner of revenue offices in a "soft opening" of the Warren County Government center, according to a county news release.

Officials at the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren County Regional Jail said Thursday that an inmate has tested positive for COVID-19.

FRONT ROYAL – Seniors at Warren County and Skyline high schools will have full graduation ceremonies in early August.

FRONT ROYAL – The Board of Supervisors at its regular Tuesday virtual meeting denied a developer’s request to move 20 acres off Guard Hill Road into town limits.

FRONT ROYAL – An exploding firework resulted in a 57-year-old man suffering “a significant traumatic injury to his hand,” according to a Warren County Fire and Rescue news release.

FRONT ROYAL – While the town seeks exemption from Gov. Ralph Northam’s executive orders outlining business reopening processes, Board of Supervisors Chairman Walter Mabe said during a Thursday news conference that the county will follow the governor’s orders.

FRONT ROYAL – Based on the results of a survey, seniors at Warren County and Skyline high schools will decide whether they have an individual graduation or a traditional ceremony.

FRONT ROYAL - The Warren County School Board is requesting that the county return its $1.6 million surplus to fund a series of purchases that include $1 million worth of renovations at A.S. Rhodes Elementary School.

FRONT ROYAL – Whether a developer will be allowed to annex 20 acres off Guard Hill Road into town limits will be decided Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors.

FRONT ROYAL – During a virtual meeting on Monday, the Town Council unanimously voted down a resolution requested by Mayor Eugene Tewalt to have voting precincts rearranged so Front Royal has one representative in the Virginia House of Delegates.

The first COVID-19 related death has occurred in Warren County, with 21 total deaths in the Lord Fairfax Health District as of Sunday afternoon, according to Virginia Department of Health statistics.

FRONT ROYAL – An attorney representing Michelle Henry, the Front Royal-Warren County Executive Development Authority’s former administrative assistant, sought for her dismissal from the authority’s $21.3 civil million lawsuit in a Friday hearing that was conducted via teleconference.

FRONT ROYAL – While the county’s recently approved budget includes money to keep the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority afloat, it was announced at the EDA's meeting Friday that funding does not include debt service payments for the Front Royal Police Department’s $8.4 …

FRONT ROYAL – Town Attorney Doug Napier is preparing a resolution, which will be considered by the Town Council at a to-be-determined date, asking for the Virginia House of Delegates to be rearranged so Front Royal falls into one district.

FRONT ROYAL – The School Board on Wednesday approved its upcoming fiscal year budget, which has $1.4 million less in state revenue than expected.

FRONT ROYAL – Developer Chris Ramsey hopes to build a 150-unit apartment complex off Guard Hill Road. Before construction, however, he wants 20 acres on which the development would sit annexed from the county into the town.

FRONT ROYAL – The Board of Supervisors during a Tuesday work session broached the possibility of making the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority a county department but ultimately delayed the discussion until after the town's November election.

Invasive species of forest insects and pathogens have contributed to about a quarter of the tree deaths in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountain forests in the past three decades, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute announced in an April 30 news release.

FRONT ROYAL – Although schools are closed, Warren County High School’s theater class has determined that the show must go on.

FRONT ROYAL – When 6-month-old golden retriever Willow was walking along Passage Creek on Thursday with her family, North Warren Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Wayne Dodson said she jumped in the water to pursue a stick flowing by that caught her attention.

With 1-3 inches of rain expected, small streams and creeks may overflow as the National Weather Service has declared a flood watch for today in localities throughout the Northern Shenandoah Valley, including Warren, Shenandoah, Frederick and Clarke counties.

FRONT ROYAL – The Rotary Club of Northern Shenandoah Valley is aiming to take a bite out of hunger by asking people to participate in a one-day fast Wednesday to support an initiative to feed those hungry locally and worldwide.

The Lord Fairfax Health District reported its first COVID-19 related death Friday afternoon after a Shenandoah County resident who was confirmed to have the virus died.

FRONT ROYAL – The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority and the Roanoke-based Brown Edwards firm are nearing the finalization of a deal for the completion of the authority’s long overdue 2018 and 2019 audits.

FRONT ROYAL – ­­­­­Cat and dog owners can go to the PaveMint Smokin’ Taphouse, 9 S. Commerce Ave., from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today to get free pet food in a drive-thru offering from the Humane Society of Warren County.

FRONT ROYAL – The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved its upcoming fiscal year’s budget, which includes level tax rates and requires county department and constitutional offices to cut an additional 1% from their budgets due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

FRONT ROYAL – The Board of Supervisors at a virtual 7 p.m. meeting today will vote on the county's proposed budget and tax rates as uncertainty looms over localities nationwide regarding how the COVID-19 pandemic will potentially create revenue issues.

FRONT ROYAL – All criminal charges handed up by the special grand jury investigating the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority have been dropped, according to Special Prosecutor Michael Parker.

FRONT ROYAL – In its latest civil lawsuit, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority seeks about $4.5 million in damages stemming from alleged illegitimate land and property purchases.

FRONT ROYAL – Warren County Public Schools is asking the state for a 180-day extension in the search for a superintendent due to a process delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

FRONT ROYAL – During a public hearing in which comments were submitted via email due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shenandoah Farms sanitary district property owners voiced opinions about a proposed fee increase.

FRONT ROYAL – Although no citizens were in attendance, the Board of Supervisors received feedback on the county’s proposed tax rates and budget during a Tuesday public hearing.