About 800 people were employed at Avtex Fibers when it closed in 1989. Before it shut down and declared bankruptcy, the company was cited for violating Virginia’s environmental laws with wastewater discharges into the Shenandoah River.

A man accused of exposing himself to motorists on North Shenandoah Avenue Saturday evening attacked a Front Royal Police officer who pulled up to question him.

The Rappahannock - Shenandoah - Warren Regional Jail Authority was silent at their July 26 meeting on the subject of the lawsuit filed against the authority last month by a Shenandoah County citizen.

The local real estate market appears to be on the rebound from a years-long slump.

The hiring of workers to help build a $1.1 billion power plant in Warren County continues, with applications being accepted online and at an office at 400-B Kendrick Lane.