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Forest Service plans prescribed burns for upcoming spring season covering 32,310 acres

February 20, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

~ Press release issued by U.S. Forest Service ROANOKE — This spring, firefighters across the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest plan to conduct prescribed burning to reduce hazardous fuels, restore wildlife habitat, and improve overall forest health. […]

Mary Elizabeth Smoot Jenkins

February 20, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

Age 87, Luray, Va. Mary Elizabeth Smoot Jenkins, 87, of Luray, died on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2022. She was born on Aug. 14, 1935, in Washington and was a daughter of the late George Godfrey […]

Thomas Edward Ponn

February 20, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

Age 90, Luray, Va. Thomas Edward Ponn, 90, of Luray, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2023. He was born on August 6, 1932, in Luray and was the son of the late Thomas Drexel […]

Eighth snow of the winter

February 20, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

February 20, 1964 — The eighth snow of the winter began falling here about noon Tuesday and had reached a depth variously reported at 14 inches before it ceased early Wednesday morning. The wind-driven snow […]

Crystal Frye

February 20, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

PageValleyNews.com salutes CRYSTAL FRYE for his service in the U.S. Army.

Dastardly assault

February 19, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

February 19, 1891 — Some wretch threw a piece of manganese ore, weighing two or three pounds, through a window in the office of the Stanley Furnace and Land Co., at Stanley, on last Friday […]