August 2025

Camp Roosevelt to become recreational area

August 16, 2025 PVNPublisher 0

August 16, 1965 — The site of Camp Roosevelt, in Fort Valley, the first Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp established in the United States in 1933, is destined to become a U.S. Forest Service recreational […]

Luray Triathlon hits Lake Arrowhead this weekend

August 15, 2025 PVNPublisher 0

Beware of cyclists/runners on backroads Saturday and Sunday morning ~ PVN staff report LURAY, Aug. 15 — Soon after the sun rises on Saturday morning, hundreds of triathletes will begin swarming around Lake Arrowhead to […]

In deep water

August 15, 2025 PVNPublisher 0

August 15, 1887 — The Elder John K. Booton, of Luray, father of Dr. T.L. Booton, of Washington, Va., an Old School Baptist minister, while returning home from Fauquier, made an attempt to cross a […]

Decision 2025-School Board (District 5) ~ Q&A with Charlie Queen Jr.

August 14, 2025 PVNPublisher 0

PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Page Valley News will be publishing profiles of seven local candidates in three contested races in this fall’s general election from Aug. 11 through Sept. 1. These Q&As will be published around midday on Mondays […]

Lightning strike

August 14, 2025 PVNPublisher 0

August 14, 1962 — During last Saturday night’s electric and rain storm, lightning struck the barn of Lewis Judd in the Sandy Hook neighborhood north of Luray. The building was completely destroyed by the resulting fire. […]

Joyce Gail Smith Warren

August 13, 2025 PVNPublisher 0

Age 96, Shenandaoh, Va. Joyce Gail Smith Warren, 96, of Shenandoah, VA passed away Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at Harrisonburg Health and Rehabilitation Center in Harrisonburg after a hard-fought battle with dementia. She was born […]