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Rappahannock County High School’s Class of 2025 graduation

Rappahannock County High School’s Class of 2025 graduation

by Sophie McLeod | Jun 8, 2025 | Education

RCHS ‘will always be a part of who we are’ Rappahannock County High School held its commencement ceremony May 30, a rainy Friday evening that didn’t dampen the high spirits in the school gymnasium, where 56 seniors received their diplomas and proud families and...
Thanks to her dogs … Georgina Griffith-Yates is new Food Pantry director

Thanks to her dogs … Georgina Griffith-Yates is new Food Pantry director

by Randy Rieland | Jun 6, 2025 | Features, Food Pantry, Local servcies, Top Story

There are any number of reasons Georgina Griffith-Yates is the new executive director of the Rappahannock Food Pantry, but let’s start with her dogs. As she tells it, two of the five rescue dogs she shares with her spouse, Ash Yates, are runners. As in, if they’re off...
Rappahannock supervisors: No hike in meals, lodging taxes

Rappahannock supervisors: No hike in meals, lodging taxes

by Tim Carrington | Jun 6, 2025 | County, Local Government

County’s restaurant owners elated In an unanticipated turnaround Monday, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors voted down a proposal to raise the county meals and lodging tax from 4% to 6%.  The 3-to-2 vote to keep the current rate drew the county’s divisive...
‘Person of interest’ charged with murder in death of Washington resident Doris Critzer

‘Person of interest’ charged with murder in death of Washington resident Doris Critzer

by Ireland Hayes | Jun 5, 2025 | Crime and Courts

Chester Brown, identified by law enforcement as a “person of interest” early on in the investigation of the murder of Washington resident Doris Critzer, has been charged with her murder almost two years later.  Brown, 64, a former Washington resident, has been...
Neighbors share life stories on stage at ‘No Ordinary Person’

Neighbors share life stories on stage at ‘No Ordinary Person’

by Ireland Hayes | Jun 5, 2025 | Features, People, Top Story

‘Listening is an act of love’ We all tell stories … every day.  About what we had for lunch. About the guy who cut us off in traffic. About what our mom used to say when it rained. About a favorite childhood memory, and that one hilarious story we retell every chance...
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