by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 13, 2023 | Business, Education, Politics
Greg Glassner worked at six newspapers over a 42-year career: afternoon dailies in Syracuse, N.Y., and Norfolk, and four weeklies in Virginia, only one of which is still publishing, the Madison County Eagle. He edited the Herald-Progress in Ashland for eight years and...
by Tim Carrington | Mar 28, 2023 | Art, Business, Local Services, Politics
With state budget in limbo, higher real estate, new cigarette taxes possible County and state budget plans are unfolding on dual tracks: the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors this week began digging into a proposed set of tax increases they hope to avoid, while...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Mar 27, 2023 | Art, Education
Comment articles reflect the opinion of the writer(s), not the Rapp News. Comment below or by writing a letter to the editor: [email protected]. Initially, I didn’t want to do this contest, yet I had everything planned out. I knew I wanted to create something...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 6, 2023 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Health, Politics
Local grape-growers are on tenterhooks, in the face of expert warnings that a sap-sucking agricultural vandal – the invasive spotted lanternfly – most likely will descend on their vineyards in the coming spring. An adept hitchhiker, the pest already has Rappahannock...
