Fair. Trusted. Reporting in Rappahannock County and across Virginia’s Piedmont.

  • Follow
  • Follow
Donate

In partnership with the

  • Home
  • About
    • About
    • Our History
    • Journalists
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Contributors
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Contact
  • Our Reporting
    • People
    • Health
    • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Politics
    • Art
    • Broadband
    • Crime and Courts
    • Features
    • Virginia Local News Summit
    • Local Services
  • Our Projects
    • Villages of Rappahannock County
    • Storytelling Contest
  • Stay Informed
  • Donate
Roger Welch: Rappahannock’s biggest booster

Roger Welch: Rappahannock’s biggest booster

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 16, 2024 | Agriculture, Business, Education, Health, Politics

Supervisor championed his beloved county Roger Allen Welch believed in service.  It was a belief he practiced faithfully for a lifetime, continuing his good works through a hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s disease that ended Dec. 11 at the age of 77 in his Flint...
Rae Ann Gaedke: A thousand-watt smile and food magic made all of Rappahannock Rae’s Place

Rae Ann Gaedke: A thousand-watt smile and food magic made all of Rappahannock Rae’s Place

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 16, 2024 | Agriculture, Education

Rae Ann Gaedke spent a lifetime turning food into love.  At Nature’s Foods, Mountainside Market and Rae’s Place, for potlucks, benefits, fundraisers and barbecues, in restaurants and home kitchens, she practiced her magic. The bibbity-bobbity-boo was equally divided...
An apple story: The true meaning of Christmas

An apple story: The true meaning of Christmas

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 21, 2023 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Local Services, Politics

A special delivery of fresh apples — a whole lot of apples —  helps residents in need This is a story about apples. Lots of apples. Enough apples to make more pies than you can eat in a few lifetimes. Eugene Triplett’s role in the tale began early on a Friday the week...
Doer’s Profile: George Harrison

Doer’s Profile: George Harrison

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 5, 2023 | Agriculture, Business, People, Politics

Background: Held positions at the National Security Agency for 30 years while working part time as a house painter and contractor. Korean War veteran, chairman of the Deacon Board and trustee at Shiloh Baptist Church, Woodville for more than 50 years. Active in the...
Hardship rains on Rappahannock County farmers

Hardship rains on Rappahannock County farmers

by Randy Rieland | Nov 20, 2023 | Agriculture, Politics

Drought draining ag resources Mike Sands remembers a gut feeling he had around the middle of July. Something didn’t seem right about the weather patterns, he said. There had been a thunderstorm with heavy rain on July 3, but next to no precipitation since then. He...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Foothills Forum is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit news organization and relies solely on donations and grants from individuals, corporations and foundations. Our EIN is 52-1071448. Find our tax documents here. 

Address

PO Box 153
Washington, VA 22747

Contact Us

[email protected]

(540) 987-0035

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow

Foothills Forum stories may be republished online or in print pursuant to  Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. We ask that you edit only for style or length, you must provide proper attribution, and you must link to our website. Please see our full republishing guidelines regarding photos or graphics.

See Our Republishing Guidelines

Republishing Guidelines
  • Home
  • About
    • About
    • Our History
    • Journalists
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Contributors
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Contact
  • Our Reporting
    • People
    • Health
    • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Politics
    • Art
    • Broadband
    • Crime and Courts
    • Features
    • Virginia Local News Summit
    • Local Services
  • Our Projects
    • Villages of Rappahannock County
    • Storytelling Contest
  • Stay Informed
  • Donate