by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 21, 2024 | Art, Education, Health, Politics
The Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum are proud to present the winners of the 2022 Storytelling Contest. The six winners, who earned cash prizes at a reception in December at the Little Washington Theatre, were selected by an independent panel of judges who...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 16, 2024 | Art, Education, People, Politics
Background: Joined the staff of Rappahannock County Library in 2011 as a youth services librarian and was named library director in 2020, former library assistant at Culpeper County Library; Virginia Tech University, BA, English; Longwood University, MA, English;...
by Ireland Hayes | Feb 9, 2024 | Art, Politics
The Library Board of Trustees is moving forward with plans for expansion of the Rappahannock County Public Library building, making more space for community programs and larger collections. At its January meeting, the board discussed the next steps of an expansion...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 23, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Education, Health, Politics
For 30 years, he was Rappahannock’s game warden Jim Bankston, Rappahannock’s game warden and protector of people and wild resources for 30 years, was a conservation law enforcement officer. His first allegiance was to conservation, and his priority was education,...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 16, 2024 | Art, Business, Education
Seven years ago a dream came true for Kevin “KC” Bosch, a craftsman who has lived in Rappahannock County for 28 years. Poetry flowed out of him — enough to fill a book. But it wasn’t until one of Bosch’s clients told him about grant money available through the...
