by Bob Hurley | Aug 19, 2025 | Features, People, Top Story
Several Rappahannock County groups pulled out all the stops for “Bonkers Night,” a special dinner event on Aug. 5 for some 75 kids at the 42nd annual gathering of Camp Fantastic. The weeklong sleepaway camp, held at the 4-H Center in Front Royal, hosts kids ages...
by Bob Hurley | Aug 17, 2025 | Environment, Local servcies, People, Sidebar, Top Story
Who’s at risk and where? New ways to cope The owners of The Black Twig restaurant in Sperryville know all too well the life-threatening impact of severe flooding. Abigail Gleason was left stranded at her home the evening of May 13 with her two young sons on one side...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Aug 4, 2025 | Features, Politics, Sidebar, Top Story
Here’s what we know…and don’t yet know. We read about “the cuts,” then waited for what they’d mean. With the signing into law of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this month, and now six months into President Trump’s administration, a picture slowly...
by Tim Carrington | Aug 4, 2025 | Health, Sidebar
Reduced health care, access to services Rappahannock County and other rural areas are likely to be hit the hardest by cuts in Medicaid, the health insurance program that more than one in five Americans depend on. “The consensus is that between 300,000 and 400,000...
by Ireland Hayes | Jul 15, 2025 | Agriculture, Sidebar, Top Story
Spotted lanternflies, and more of them, are back in Rappahannock County this summer — with a vengeance. “There’s a greater presence throughout the county than last year,” said Adam Downing, forestry extension agent for the Northwest District, which includes...
