by Randy Rieland | Jan 2, 2025 | Art, Broadband, Business, Education, Fire/Rescue, Health, Local Services, Politics
Building Committee, RIP • Flint Hill Fire back-and-forth • Hiking Old Rag: Get a ticket • Volunteers battle brush fires • Chester Brown sentenced. Murder unsolved. • Russian intrigue in Huntly! • Trump win, caravan parades • Washington’s ‘First Lady’ passes • High...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 17, 2024 | Business, Education, Local Services, People, Politics, Real Estate
Putting ‘faces behind the issue’ RICHMOND — Rappahannock County officials traveled to Richmond last Monday to make an appearance before a subcommittee of the General Assembly as part of their efforts to receive more school funding from the state. County Administrator...
by Ireland Hayes | Sep 17, 2024 | Art, Business, Education, Health, Infrastructure, Local Services, People, Politics, Real Estate
No more ‘kicking the can down the road’ The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 last Wednesday to back a $1.4 million loan the Rappahannock County Water and Sewer Authority (RCWSA) intends to use to replace outdated equipment at the Sperryville...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 19, 2024 | Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Local Services, Politics, Real Estate
Alex Sharp VII, real estate broker and former member of Rappahannock’s Board of Zoning Appeals and Water and Sewer Authority, has been ordered to pay over $50,000 in back child and spousal support by the end of this month, or go to jail, a judge ruled in Rappahannock...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jul 27, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, People, Politics, Real Estate
The U.S. Army is looking to buy 100 acres of land in Rappahannock County for a federal equine horse training and wellness facility for a herd of 100 horses — and not just any horses, but those that participate in patriotic military funerals at Arlington National...
