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Nature Notebook: The Tommy Harris Buck

September 23, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

By Dylan Cooper, columnist It was the biggest buck I had ever seen in my 15 years of running trail cameras on this hunt club in Fauquier County. He looked wide, thick and tall, and […]

Algae bloom advisory lifted for North Fork from Chapman’s Landing to Riverton

September 20, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

~ Press release issued by the Virginia Department of Health STRASBURG, Sept. 17 — Effective immediately, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has lifted the recreational advisory due to a harmful algae bloom (HAB) on […]

Forestry Department seeks acorns, nuts from Virginia landowners

September 15, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

~ Press release issued by the Virginia Department of Forestry The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) is again seeking 12 species of acorns and nuts that can be planted at its Augusta Forestry Center in […]

Shenandoah National Park reopens streams to fishing

September 3, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

~ Press release issued by Shenandoah National Park LURAY, Sept. 3 — Shenandoah National Park is reopening the park’s streams to fishing. All angling had been temporarily suspended due low stream flows and high water […]

Shenandoah National Park temporarily suspends fishing due to low water

August 24, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

~ Press release issued by Shenandoah National Park LURAY, Aug. 20 — Effective immediately, Shenandoah National Park’s streams and rivers are closed to fishing due to low stream flows and high water temperatures. Despite the […]

Shenandoah National Park seeks feedback on proposed user fees increase

August 18, 2021 Pagevalleynews 0

~ Press release issued by Shenandoah National Park LURAY, Aug. 17 — Shenandoah National Park is seeking feedback on proposed fee increases to be implemented over the next two years. This proposal does not include an increase in entrance […]

Remembering 9/11

A group of runners gathered at the Stanley Fire Hall Saturday morning to carry an American flag on an 8.5-mile journey to the Luray Fire Hall to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks. [...]
'Reflections'

Event organizer Kevin Moses shares his experience of visiting the 9/11 memorial in a field in Pennsylvania where Flight 93 crashed and a book titled "Reflections" about the site and the heroes of that day. [...]
'Strength and Honor'

Runners marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks made their first of a half dozen stops along the 8-5-mile route at a memorial in Ed Good Park featuring an 8-foot steel beam weighing nearly a half-ton pulled from the wreckage at the Twin Towers in New York. [...]
Remembering the fallen

Runners leave Ed Good Park after visiting the 9/11 memorial. The event began with a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. - the same time the first plane struck the first tower two decades ago. Runners were told that when they get tired, remember the heroes who went in to save others on that day. [...]
Raising awareness

Runners start down Route 340 from Stanley to Luray with five more planned stops along the way. The event's organizer hopes the runners presence will cause others to stop and reflect on the day our nation was attacked and those who lost their life defending it. [...]