Today In History
Month: August 2026
Today In History
Landmark lost
August 22, 1987 — The sound of a horn split the air. Seconds later 10 tons of explosives made a pile of rubble out of a long-time Luray landmark. After 105 years of towering 90 […]
Outdoors
Nature Notebook ~ Weathering the Storms
Page County tornadoes sign of stronger storms across the region By Dylan Cooper, Outdoor columnist It’s only been three months since I was complaining in my last column about the lingering drought that has stuck […]
Today In History
Marketable invention
August 21, 1908 — Mr. John P. Kibler has many arrangements to manufacture and put on the market ever year — 5,000 of his patent nut and pipe wrench. He has built a shop at his […]
Obituary
Carl Wayne ‘CW’ Clark II
Age 51, Shenandoah, Va. Carl Wayne “CW” Clark II, 51 of Shenandoah, VA passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. He was born July 17, 1975 in Harrisonburg and was the son of Wayne […]
County
Strangulation, malicious wounding, assault, child abuse, explosives among August indictments
August grand jury issues 20 indictments against 14 individuals, plus six sealed indictments ~ PVN staff report LURAY, Aug. 5— Members of a grand jury in Page County Circuit Court issued a true bill on […]