culpeper stormStorm damage from the evening of May 26 along Eggbornsville Road. • ‘It sounded like a train rolling through’ • F1 storm packed 95 mph winds A confirmed F1 tornado touched down in northern Culpeper County for a span of nearly five miles Sunday night,...
‘With his art, he shared a window into his soul’ Kevin Adams painted the real. He found it beautiful. Born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, he traveled and looked, searching out the visual secrets of his subjects. Outside, at the easel, he would draw the contours,...
Watch the awards ceremony: Video: Foothills Forum-Rapp News Storytelling Contest, 2024The Foothills Forum and the Rappahannock News hosted a ceremony that announced this year’s Storytelling Contest winners at the Little Washington Theatre on Thursday, April 18, 2024....
Mari TiseraFriday's GMU commencement ceremony while the presenter called Mari Tisera's name. In a rare show of honor, George Mason University (GMU) conferred a posthumous degree to a Rappahannock native at its commencement ceremony on May 10. Mari Tisera, a 2021...
Cruising along serene Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park (SNP), it’s easy to forget how quickly the park juts into backcountry wilderness, where innumerable rocky trails lead to breathtaking vistas, cliffs and waterfalls but also expose Sunday tourists and even...
VPA news sweepstakes 2023Virginia Press Association President Jim Maxwell and Dennis Brack, VPA vice president and publisher of the Rappahannock News, present the News Sweepstakes award to Rapp News Editor Julia Shanahan during Saturday evening's award ceremony in...
2022-08-Fire-Ennis--5-web.jpg (copy)Shortly after a devastating fire last fall, the Ennis family stands in what used to be their home. “I felt like I was at the scene experiencing this family's emotions,” a judge of the Virginia Press Association's annual awards...
Rain and cold temperatures did not stop residents and visitors from enjoying the festivities at the annual SperryFest last Saturday. Sperryville Community Alliance President Kerry Sutten said it was “sheer joy” to watch the community “pitch in and show up, rain or...
The PATH Foundation recently granted more than $1.377 million to 55 local nonprofit organizations in their latest cycle of Flexible Funding grants. Several Rappahannock County organizations got grants: Kid Pan Alley, Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the...
‘Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It.' Rappahannock native Connie Compton leads law enforcement in a ‘small town’ county A Rapp News/Foothills Forum Special Report FF-RCSO-Compton-66-web.jpgSheriff Connie Compton at the Laurel Mills Store, where at age 14 she used to...
Coping with grief over loss of pets, horses, cows When Ann Maclean’s dog Seamus, a rescued black Labrador retriever, began to decline, she spoke with her veterinarian about the decision to say goodbye to the family’s cherished pet. The Flint Hill resident scheduled a...
It's time for SperryFest! Here's a look at this year's celebration: Where to Park Parking is generously provided by the festival's neighbors’ private lands. Please always respect their property and pack out whatever you brought in. Parking attendants will greet you at...