by Ireland Hayes | Jul 31, 2026 | Agriculture, Sidebar, Top Story
Worst tick season in years looms — for humans too It was May 2021 when several bulls came out of their pasture at Eldon Farms in Woodville covered in something farm manager John Genho had never seen before. “You couldn’t put your hand on the bull and not touch a...
by Bob Hurley | Jul 30, 2026 | doers, People, Sidebar
Background: President of Fathom Creative, a Washington, D.C.-based design and communications firm; purchased Avon Hall in Little Washington in 2016 and resides in a cottage on the property; Virginia resident since 2018; serves on the town’s Architectural Review...
by Bob Hurley | Jul 27, 2026 | Environment, Features, Sidebar, Top Story
Fly fisherman Roger Flinchum remembers evenings when Rappahannock County streams were alive with fish. “I might go 100 yards and catch 20 or 30 fish,” said the retired Rappahannock County High School teacher, who has been fly fishing since the 1970s when brook trout...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 25, 2026 | Local servcies, Sidebar
Library board presents new information on potential relocation In a presentation preceding a July 23 public hearing, the Rappahannock County Public Library Board of Trustees showed the crowd new renderings of a proposed building at Rush River Commons that would house...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 22, 2026 | Local Services, Sidebar
A concerned Rappahannock resident has started a petition against a potential relocation of the Rappahannock County Public Library two days before a July 23 public hearing set by the library’s Board of Trustees on the matter. Elizabeth Pratt, an Amissville resident,...
