Health

By Randy Arrington LURAY, June 12 — Shenandoah County reached the highest pandemic death toll in the Lord Fairfax Health District on Wednesday when its 25th fatality was reported.  Two days later, the Virginia Department […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, June 10 — The COVID-19 pandemic continues to recede all across Virginia and for most of the Lord Fairfax Health District. Only small spikes in new cases are being reported within […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, June 8 — New cases of COVID-19 continue to be reported all across the region, but the number of hospitalizations and deaths have remained low as the pandemic seems to be […]

~ Press release issued by Valley Health System on June 4 WINCHESTER — Mark Nantz, Valley Health System’s new President and Chief Executive Officer, began work Monday in true COVID-19 style: appropriately distanced, wearing a […]

~ Press release issued by the Governor’s Office on June 2 RICHMOND — Governor Ralph Northam today signed Executive Order 65 and presented the second phase of the “Forward Virginia” plan to continue safely and […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, June 3 — On Friday, the Virginia Department of Health and the National Guard conducted a point prevalence survey at the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail just north of Front Royal.  Five days […]