The Rise, Fall & Recovery of Blue Ridge Bank
How a small community bank in Luray grew from $250M in assets to $3.2B; and the local tax revenue impact of its rise and fall
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Church Sale
Church Sale Saturday, May 4 7:30 a.m – 12:30 p.m. Rileyville Gospel Church 480 Rileyville Road, Rileyville, Va. 22650 Lots of items. All proceeds will benefit our children’s church activities. ••• PVN publishes Yard Sale [...]
Municipal elections in Luray shaping up two months before candidate deadline
GOP primary for U.S. Senate race set for June 18 By Randy Arrington LURAY, April 18 — In two months, ballots for the 2024 general election will be finalized. With the June 18 deadline for [...]
Residents being falsely threatened about fees, jail time for ‘missing jury duty’
Scammers request funds be transferred to bitcoin; check with court first By Randy Arrington LURAY, April 17 — Local residents have been receiving phone calls recently telling them they have missed jury duty, and that [...]
Assistant principal of Central HS to become new principal at Luray Middle School
Ritenour to make transition at the end of April By Randy Arrington LURAY, April 16 — In a letter sent out to staff, faculty and families on Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Antonia Fox announced that Derek B. Ritenour [...]
Page Memorial marks milestone
April 16, 1924 meeting marked birth of local hospital By Randy Arrington LURAY, April 16 — While the Chamber’s monthly “Business After Hours” event is typically held on Thursdays, April’s rendition shifted to Tuesday this [...]
Page County earns 9-6 win over Rapp
Local Panthers remain unbeaten in district play; Foster goes 3-for-3 By Randy Arrington SHENANDOAH, April 15 — Page County got off to a 5-0 start against Rappahannock on Monday, but then gave up four runs in [...]
The Right Age: Did he pick the wrong one?
By Nan Donovan, columnist I’m talking about “The Bachelor.” I was really into that whole thing. I don’t usually watch “The Bachelor,” but the show that went on for many months the ended with their [...]
Decline in farmland across U.S. worrying farmers, agricultural organizations
~ Press release issued by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation RICHMOND, April 11 — The steep decline in U.S. farmland is raising an alarm among farmers and agricultural organizations. According to the recent 2022 U.S. Census [...]
The rise, fall and recovery of Blue Ridge Bank
Luray-based bank holds seven-figure impact on local tax base PUBLISHER’s DISCLAIMER: The writer holds multiple accounts with the Luray branch of Blue Ridge Bank and owns less than 500 shares of Blue Ridge Bankshares. Blue [...]
Page Valley Livin’ reflects on March wildfires
THIS ARTICLE IS COMMENTARY AND PUBLISHED IN OUR EDITORIAL SECTION. Weekly YouTube show dives into various issues in the Page Valley, while also reporting the Week in Review and checking out the Weekend Ahead By [...]
