Today In History
Snake nest
August 18, 1889 — One day last week Messrs. Wm. H. Row, Daniel and William Mussellman and Hubert Finter, accompanied by several ladies, were on the Blue Ridge picking whortleberries when they came upon a […]
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Weekly Salute To A Veteran
David Campbell Jr.
PageValleyNews.com salutes DAVID CAMPBELL JR. for his service in the United States Air Force.
Today In History
Final days of Safeway
August 17, 1986 — Long lines of customers with filled grocery carts jammed the Luray Safeway Store on East Main Street this week when all items were offered at 50 percent off in advance of […]
Today In History
Camp Roosevelt to become recreational area
August 16, 1965 — The site of Camp Roosevelt, in Fort Valley, the first Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp established in the United States in 1933, is destined to become a U.S. Forest Service recreational […]
Recreation
Luray Triathlon hits Lake Arrowhead this weekend
Beware of cyclists/runners on backroads Saturday and Sunday morning ~ PVN staff report LURAY, Aug. 15 — Soon after the sun rises on Saturday morning, hundreds of triathletes will begin swarming around Lake Arrowhead to […]
Today In History
In deep water
August 15, 1887 — The Elder John K. Booton, of Luray, father of Dr. T.L. Booton, of Washington, Va., an Old School Baptist minister, while returning home from Fauquier, made an attempt to cross a […]