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Funding for small businesses receives lukewarm reception

Funding for small businesses receives lukewarm reception

by Sara Schonhardt | Mar 10, 2021 | Business, Health

Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government is continuing to dispense monetary assistance for businesses hit by the economic downturn and widespread restrictions on their operations. But banks servicing Rappahannock County say the uptake has...

Now more than ever, foster care families needed in Rappahannock

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....

Rapp businesses receive $4.7 million under federal Paycheck Protection Program

by Bob Hurley | Jul 17, 2020 | Business, Education

Inn at Little Washington largest recipient to retain 167 jobs Roughly 80 Rappahannock businesses and nonprofit organizations have received at least $4.7 million in loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The largest recipient was the Inn at Little...

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