''The Page News and Courier'' is

Page County, Virginia Page County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,709. Its county seat is Luray. Page County was formed in 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham counties and was named for John Page, Governor ...

’s largest general circulation newspaper and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries.

History

The newspaper was founded in

Luray, Virginia Luray is the county seat of Page County, Virginia, United States, in the Shenandoah Valley in the northern part of the Commonwealth. The population was 4,895 at the 2010 census. The town was started by William Staige Marye in 1812, a descendant ...

in 1911, by a merger between ''The Page News'' (established in 1881) and ''The Page Valley Courier'' (established March 1867). ''The Page News and Courier'' is one of a number of newspapers owned by the Byrd Family. Other newspapers in the group include ''

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), ''The

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), '' The Warren Sentinel'' (

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), '' The Shenandoah Valley-Herald'' (

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and

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), '' The Valley Banner'' (

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), '' The Clarke Times'' (

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), and the '' Rocktown Weekly'' (

). An earlier newspaper, the ''Luray Review'', may have been the predecessor of ''Page Valley Courier'', having been established before the

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. Due to financial woes experienced on account of the war, however, the ''Luray Review'' may have ceased production as early as 1862. On March 6, 2018, it was announced that ''The Page News and Courier'', along with the other Byrd family newspapers, was sold to Ogden Newspapers.

Notes

* With a circulation of 8,000, the newspaper is viewed by nearly all households of the county weekly. * The paper is released on Wednesdays to news stands and sold on the corner of Main and Broad in Luray. Those who subscribe to the paper via the

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receive their copy on Thursday in the mail, hence the paper is printed, and dated, for Thursday distribution. * The price of the paper was raised to 75 cents in 2013.

References

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