The Page News and Courier
The Page News and Courier is Page County, Virginia’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 in 1911 by a merger between The Page News and The Page Valley Courier. The Page News and Courier is one of a number of newspapers owned by the Byrd family. Other newspapers in the group include The Winchester Star, The Daily News-Record, The Warren Sentinel, The Shenandoah Valley-Herald, The Valley Banner, The Clarke Times, and the Rocktown Weekly.An earlier newspaper, the Luray Review, may have been the predecessor of Page Valley Courier, having been established before the American Civil War. 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.