by Tim Carrington | May 12, 2024 | Education, Local Services, Politics
Rapp budget 2024 graphic 1 Rappahannock County’s proposed increase in property taxes is in play, but may evaporate if two other sources of funds materialize. Hit by a shortfall of state support for the county’s schools, County Administrator Garrey W. Curry last month...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 7, 2024 | Education, Politics
VPA news sweepstakes 2023Virginia Press Association President Jim Maxwell and Dennis Brack, VPA vice president and publisher of the Rappahannock News, present the News Sweepstakes award to Rapp News Editor Julia Shanahan during Saturday evening’s award ceremony...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 7, 2024 | Politics
2022-08-Fire-Ennis–5-web.jpg (copy)Shortly after a devastating fire last fall, the Ennis family stands in what used to be their home. “I felt like I was at the scene experiencing this family’s emotions,” a judge of the Virginia Press Association’s...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 13, 2024 | Agriculture, Education, Local Services, Politics
• More money for public schools — but less than requested• Residents real estate, personal property taxes would rise Rappahannock County’s budget debate is about distributing the distress. Local budgets by law must be in balance, but to get there, the Rappahannock...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 13, 2024 | Agriculture, Business, Education, Politics
Bill Dietel portrait crop Bill Dietel lived in the ripple effects he helped create. As an educator, he sent thousands of young people into the world more convinced of their own capacities to live a fruitful life. As a philanthropist, he helped convert bank accounts...
