by Ireland Hayes | Jan 22, 2024 | Crime and Courts
court gavel Rapidan resident Jonathan Aaron Perch, 23, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $500 in Rappahannock County Circuit Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to reckless driving while on his way to work at The Inn at Little Washington. Perch was...
by Ireland Hayes | Jan 22, 2024 | Crime and Courts
Chester Brown court vanChester Brown arriving at Rappahannock County Circuit Court on Thursday. Rappahannock Circuit Court Judge Matthew Snow denied a motion Thursday to dismiss an indictment against Chester Brown on charges of possessing a firearm while a protective...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 16, 2024 | Business, Crime and Courts, Education, Politics
Joe-Whited-80-web.jpgMayor Joe Whited Jan. 7: Joe Whited, the Town of Washington’s new mayor, advocates a two-year holiday on meals and lodging taxes for new and expanding businesses in the community. Jan. 9: By a 3-2 margin, the county’s Board of Supervisors votes to...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 20, 2023 | Crime and Courts, Politics
“A Time To Break Silence” celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday with a virtual event centered around election transparency, voting rights and voter suppression. The annual event series was founded at the Castleton Festival in 2012 by activist Orson Maazel, who...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 29, 2023 | Agriculture, Crime and Courts, Health, Politics
Habitat loss, poaching threaten the ancient reptile in Virginia The next time you see a turtle think of what life on earth might have been like 220 million years ago. Turtles have been around for that long. They saw dinosaurs come and go; survived the Ice Age; and...
