For decades, Rappahannock has been able to preserve its natural beauty and stunning views. But more challenges are on the horizon. A RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS-FOOTHILLS FORUM SPECIAL REPORT Soon, Rappahannock’s Board of Supervisors is expected to approve an updated version of...
With Rappahannock’s broadband gap more exposed than ever during the coronavirus pandemic, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) is looking to ratchet up its efforts to do something about it. At its meeting next Monday, the BOS could approve the creation of a county broadband...
‘A whole lot of moving parts’ When Rappahannock’s public school students return next Monday, they’ll kick off their school year with a temperature check. They’ll be wearing masks, too, at least on the buses and in the hallways. They can remove them once they get to...
‘It can reach the point where it all boils over’ The county’s Department of Social Services is renewing its efforts to recruit new foster care families. In recent years, the agency has struggled to find temporary homes in Rappahannock for children needing foster care....
‘There’s still too much uncertainty’ This fall’s John Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival at Eldon Farms in Woodville has been canceled. The event to celebrate the legacy of the Rappahannock native and renowned blues singer and guitarist drew more than 750 people to its...
‘Everybody in the Hispanic community knows someone who got it. They have seen what COVID does to people’ By mid-April, Yanet Garcia feared the worst. She had heard about people in Culpeper County’s Hispanic community getting sick with what appeared to be COVID-19, and...
Officials assume in-person classes will resume in August ‘We need to work out a lot of details in a very short amount of time’ When Rappahannock students head back to school in a few months, it’s likely they’ll need to get health screenings every morning, their...
Remember the opioid crisis? Not long ago, it was an awful reality of modern rural life, a relentless calamity destroying lives and damaging families. It still is. Last year, Virginia had more fatal drug overdoses — 1,617 — than ever before. But in a time of global...