by Ireland Hayes | Aug 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
hughes flybyFriends and neighbors of Grace Flores-Hughes gathered at her Castleton home to watch the flyover and celebrate her late husband’s Harley A. Hughes’ life. In a first for Rappahannock County, the United States Air Force performed a flyover over...
by Randy Rieland | Jul 31, 2024 | Education, Health, Sidebar
This is the first part of a series on the mental health struggles of today’s generation of teenagers, the urgent need for more support in schools and how families can get help. Schools scramble to keep up The plan, Erica Jennejahn recalls, was to get ahead of things,...
by Randy Rieland | Jul 31, 2024 | Education
As they’ve come under increasing fire for the harmful aspects of social media, tech companies have made more protective tools available to parents and caregivers. These parental controls allow them to monitor and filter what children can see online, and to set limits...
by Tim Carrington | Jul 30, 2024 | Art
jim abdoDeveloper and longtime county property owner Jim Abdo at his home near Rock Mills. Developer brings new ideas for his buildings The distance separating Greater Washington from Little Washington never seemed more gaping than 10 years ago, when urban developer...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 29, 2024 | Agriculture, Health
First person: On the front lines at Amissville’s Charming Hill Farm As a journalist in rural Rappahannock County, sometimes work is more like play. Last week I went on assignment to Charming Hill Farm in Amissville to answer the question, “What is it like to cuddle a...