25th Homecoming in Stanley

LURAY — Shenandoah National Park will conduct its sixth annual Night Sky Festival from August 19 through 21, 2022. Rangers and guest speakers will present a variety of programs at sites throughout the Park focusing on space, celestial objects, nocturnal residents, and the importance of dark night skies. Guest...

Lisa Danielle Moneymaker Rutt, 41, of Luray, died on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at Page Memorial Hospital. She was born on Dec. 24, 1980, in Manassas and was a daughter of Raymond Lewis Horton of Manassas and the late Karen Moneymaker-Mullins. Mrs. Rutt worked as a delivery driver for Domino’s....

LURAY, Aug. 6 — It was a beautiful day for boating…for those who could stay afloat. While the weather presented no issues on the lake, their unproven water-going vessels provided a challenge that not all were able to meet. A total of 18 brave souls walked the beach...

LURAY, Aug. 8 — On Monday night, the Luray Council continued its discussion of how to address “blighted properties and derelict buildings” within town limits. “I think it’s a good thing we’re doing it,” Councilman Jerry Schiro said. “I just want people to know it’s not as clean cut as some think it is.”

August 9, 1962 — During last Saturday night’s electric and rain storm, lightning struck the barn of Lewis Judd in the Sandy Hook neighborhood north of Luray. The building was completely destroyed by the resulting fire. Two brood sows that were quartered in the barn were killed by the bolt. The barn had been filled with hay on Saturday morning and this was also lost.

John Pendell, 58, of Stanley, passed away on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Your email address will not be published.

LURAY — The Virginia Employment Commission recently released June 2022 Local Area Unemployment Rates, which show Page County’s jobless claims remained steady in June after a slight increase in May. Unemployment was fairly flat in month-to-month comparisons across the region and across the commonwealth from May to June. The City of Harrisonburg saw the largest increase in the area at only two-tenths of a percent.

In attending a meeting on Page County to address ideas to make our community healthier and creating a better quality of life, the leading problem talked about was mental health and those suffering from addiction problems, SUD, and the need for partnerships to help address this problem. I have been...