by Ireland Hayes | Jan 8, 2025 | Art, Business, Education, Health, Local Services, People, Politics
Library trustees gearing up to fund expansion, renovation The Rappahannock County Library Board of Trustees is preparing to embark on a projected $6 million fund-raising effort to support an expansion and renovation of the public library. There’s a long way to go...
by Ireland Hayes | Jan 7, 2025 | Business, Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, People, Politics
Washington resident Robbie Critzer, charged with embezzling more than $300,000, appeared for a bond hearing last Thursday in Rappahannock County Circuit Court where she was released on a $25,000 secured bond. Critzer, 48, was indicted by a grand jury on eight counts...
by Randy Rieland | Jan 2, 2025 | Art, Broadband, Business, Education, Fire/Rescue, Health, Local Services, Politics
Building Committee, RIP • Flint Hill Fire back-and-forth • Hiking Old Rag: Get a ticket • Volunteers battle brush fires • Chester Brown sentenced. Murder unsolved. • Russian intrigue in Huntly! • Trump win, caravan parades • Washington’s ‘First Lady’ passes • High...
by Tim Carrington | Dec 26, 2024 | Art, Education, Health, Politics
Jay Ward Brown creates fund for artists, in honor of his late husband Beloved Rappahannock artist Kevin Adams experienced an exceptionally productive period in 2017, when he relocated from the Town of Washington to the peaks, outcroppings and crannies of the...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 17, 2024 | Business, Education, Local Services, People, Politics, Real Estate
Putting ‘faces behind the issue’ RICHMOND — Rappahannock County officials traveled to Richmond last Monday to make an appearance before a subcommittee of the General Assembly as part of their efforts to receive more school funding from the state. County Administrator...