by Tim Carrington | Aug 4, 2025 | Health, Sidebar
Reduced health care, access to services Rappahannock County and other rural areas are likely to be hit the hardest by cuts in Medicaid, the health insurance program that more than one in five Americans depend on. “The consensus is that between 300,000 and 400,000...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 21, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
From what appeared to be a classroom in the Lunenburg Correctional Center in Victoria, Va., accused murderer Chester Brown, 64, appeared by video call in Rappahannock County District Court Tuesday for a less than three-minute hearing — one his attorney, Ryan Rakness,...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jul 20, 2025 | Agriculture, Education, Top Story
Young 4‑H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) exhibitors from around the region paraded their prized livestock around the arena last weekend at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock (CMR) Farm Show. The show took over the Culpeper Agriculture Enterprise from last...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 15, 2025 | Agriculture, Sidebar, Top Story
Spotted lanternflies, and more of them, are back in Rappahannock County this summer — with a vengeance. “There’s a greater presence throughout the county than last year,” said Adam Downing, forestry extension agent for the Northwest District, which includes...
by Daphne Hutchinson | Jul 12, 2025 | Features, People, Sidebar
“Music became a part of my life because I always loved it,” said Robert Glasker, looking back on 56 years and counting in Rappahannock County. Weekends at the microphone with his guitar, he’s Bobby G, the front man for the Heavies, energizing audiences across...
