Social worker Erica Jennejahn helps students cope with growing mental health needs Three years on, and yet Erica Jennejahn still sees ripples of the COVID-19 pandemic in the classrooms of Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS). “What I see is that kids and parents...
The county’s Comprehensive Plan covers a lot of ground, but its top priority is unmistakable: Preserve Rappahannock’s scenic beauty and protect its natural resources. Conservation Easements animation Time was when the option of choice in the community was to convert...
When you’re an eight-year-old who’s been fighting cancer for two years, what’s the big deal about swimming with sharks? So, earlier this week, Anne Genho and her family flew to Hawaii to do just that, compliments of Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia. But before she left,...
One of the biggest budget hurdles that Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) faces is its Local Composite Index (LCI). That’s the complex formula used by Virginia to determine how much funding each county receives from the state to pay for public education. Each...
Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) on Tuesday adopted a 2024 FY budget that would increase the county’s financial support by almost $550,000. It would be the largest year-to-year bump in county funding in recent memory. The proposed $14.6 million budget,...
Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) suffered a setback last week in its effort to boost the financial support it receives from the state. The Virginia Senate’s Finance and Appropriations Committee voted to shelve a bill that would have removed a cap that has...
A renewed effort to provide a form of public transportation for Rappahannock County residents is in the works. The Regional Transportation Collaborative (RTC) of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission is applying for a grant that, if funded, would provide...
Take a look back to some of the key moments in 2022 that defined Rappahannock County. Jan. 3: A heavy snowfall causes more than a thousand county residents to lose power, some for as long as a week. Jan 5: Wakefield Supervisor Debbie Donehey is re-elected board chair...
The Rappahannock County Public Safety Committee last week recommended that the Board of Supervisors withdraw financial support from the troubled Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company. The vote last week was the latest and most drastic step in the county’s...
New data shows ranks of most active county fire and rescue volunteers down as service calls increase, force ages It’s one of Rappahannock’s more worrisome fault lines. For years, the aging of the county’s population has rippled through the community’s fire and rescue...
The divides in Rappahannock tend to play out in public — angry exchanges at county or school board meetings, insults on social media or yard signs against plans for a bike trail or a boundary adjustment to accommodate the Rush River Commons project. That will be...
Maybe the storybook ending of the Rappahannock County Panthers’ unlikely last-second win over Chincoteague last Friday was meant to be. The stage had been set. Not only was it the last home game of the season, but also senior members of the band and fall athletic...