by Ireland Hayes | Jun 29, 2025 | Local Government, Sidebar, Town
Town of Washington officials Monday changed the zoning of The Inn at Little Washington’s planned luxury spa property but withheld ruling on the rezoning of the parking lot behind Patty O’s restaurant after hearing comments from neighbors. The Town Council and...
by Sophie McLeod | Jun 29, 2025 | Education, People, Sidebar, Top Story
Nyanyano, a coastal town in Ghana, West Africa, is a time warp from Sperryville, Virginia, but that’s where Kara Draper, a Rappahannock teacher turned agent for change, began her environmental journey. She first went to Ghana in 2024, seeking a cultural deep dive...
by Emily Oaks | Jun 27, 2025 | Local servcies, People, Sidebar, Top Story
New beginning includes working with recently formed African American Association Scores of Rappahannock residents gathered in one of the oldest buildings in the Town of Washington last Sunday to celebrate a hopeful new beginning for an organization that has been the...
by Bob Hurley | Jun 23, 2025 | doers, People
Background: President and owner of L.E. Smith Enterprises LLC, a marketing and advertising business whose clients include RappCats, Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, FamilyFutures and Friends of the Library; President, Businesses of Rappahannock (BOR);...
by Ayana Summerlinrosa | Jun 22, 2025 | Pathfinders, People
At 13, she desegregated Warren County High School In the heart of rural Virginia, an incredible story of strength and transformation unfolds through Betty Kilby Fisher Baldwin. It twists and turns through her eight decades, but pivotal to who she is today was an act...
