by Randy Rieland | Mar 19, 2025 | Features, Food Pantry, Health, Local servcies, People, Top Story
Is social isolation hazardous to your health? Jake Jones first came to the Senior Center in Castleton about a year ago. It was his wife’s idea. He needed something to help fill his days after a stroke took away his ability to drive. “It was something to do and a place...
by Randy Rieland | Aug 6, 2020 | Art, Local Services
‘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....
by Randy Rieland | Jun 11, 2020 | Art, Broadband, Local Services
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...
