Today In History

March 9, 1911 — Mr. F.E. Stover has contracted for the lighting and water plants at Skyland, and will begin work as soon as the material arrives, which will require some three or four car […]

March 8, 1962 — Fickle March winds blew winter’s most wicked storm since 1899 through the Page Valley this week bringing complete paralysis of activity and considerable hardship and damage to the area. The main […]

March 7, 1991 — Firefighters battled a blaze in the Luray Caverns parking lot, just after 5 p.m. Sunday. According to Luray Fire Chief Dan Seal, a 1989 Coach 40 recreational vehicle, caught fire within […]

March 6, 1986 — Page County withstood a late surge by Rockbridge Saturday night and captured the Group A state volleyball championship. The home-standing Panthers whipped the Rebels 15-4 in the first game, then sweated […]

March 5, 1987 — Page County’s unemployment rate jumped four points to 11.6 percent in January, but it marked Page’s lowest January rate in at least four years. According to the Virginia Employment Commission, Page […]

March 4, 1965 — Sixty-six students of Page County High School miraculously escaped injury Monday afternoon when the school bus they were riding in rammed into the rear of an auto containing two other students […]