by Ireland Hayes | Apr 18, 2025 | County, Local Government
Gears up for Comprehensive Plan review The Rappahannock County Planning Commission hosted its first of many upcoming community outreach meetings in Amissville on Monday, giving residents a chance to share their ideas of how to update the county’s Comprehensive Plan, a...
by Gracie Hart Brooks | Apr 14, 2025 | Agriculture
The abrupt elimination of two national food procurement programs by the Trump administration’s DOGE unit is hitting close to home as local farmers and the food-needy communities the programs serve cope with the uncertainties. In February, the Local Food Purchase...
by Ireland Hayes | Apr 13, 2025 | Politics, Top Story
‘I’m so tired of yelling at the TV when DOGE … is cutting federal employees. Where’s the Democratic congressional and senate leaders?’ At a town hall in Rappahannock County Thursday night, U.S. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., warned constituents...
by Ireland Hayes | Apr 10, 2025 | County, Local Government
Board votes for new school buses The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to allow staff to seek approval from the state to institute a small increase in court fees that could be leveraged by the county to help fund the construction of a new...
by Ireland Hayes | Apr 10, 2025 | Sports, Top Story
The Rappahannock-Culpeper Baseball League held its opening ceremony for the start of the season last Saturday, with Gary Settle throwing the honorary first pitch at Stuart Field in Amissville. Settle, who recently retired as head of the Virginia State Police, is a...