by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 16, 2024 | Art, Education, People, Politics
Background: Joined the staff of Rappahannock County Library in 2011 as a youth services librarian and was named library director in 2020, former library assistant at Culpeper County Library; Virginia Tech University, BA, English; Longwood University, MA, English;...
by Mary Ann Kuhn | Feb 13, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Five months later, what we know — and don’t know — about a murder in Washington, Virginia Five months have passed since the body of Doris Ann Critzer was found in a grisly scene on the kitchen floor of her home, located within easy walking distance to the historic...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 11, 2024 | Agriculture, Politics
Residents reflect on village’s rich past What’s to become of Flint Hill, a sleepy crossroads village, that now finds itself at a crossroads? Is a renaissance on the horizon with new residents and businesses leading the way? There was a time when Flint Hill’s...
by Randy Rieland | Feb 8, 2024 | Health
2023-07-FF-Transportation-Kristin-Lam-Peraza–5-web.jpg (copy)The Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission operates transportation services that serve area residents. Getting rides to medical appointments, pharmacies and grocery stores is about to get easier for...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 23, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Education, Health, Politics
For 30 years, he was Rappahannock’s game warden Jim Bankston, Rappahannock’s game warden and protector of people and wild resources for 30 years, was a conservation law enforcement officer. His first allegiance was to conservation, and his priority was education,...