by Randy Rieland | Apr 13, 2024 | Education, Local Services, Politics
• Expected $1.5 million subsidy removed in Richmond budget negotiations • Costly mandated staff raises possible The prospect of a $1.5 million shot-in-the-arm for Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) is fading. Subcommittees in both the Virginia Senate and...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 13, 2024 | Agriculture, Business, Education, Politics
Bill Dietel portrait crop Bill Dietel lived in the ripple effects he helped create. As an educator, he sent thousands of young people into the world more convinced of their own capacities to live a fruitful life. As a philanthropist, he helped convert bank accounts...
by Ireland Hayes | Apr 5, 2024 | Crime and Courts
chester brown 3-21-24Chester Brown arrives at the Rappahannock County Courthouse Thursday morning, March 21, 2024. Found guilty last week on two others Chester Brown, who was found guilty of two firearm charges in Rappahannock County Circuit Court last Thursday, is...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 3, 2024 | Business, Politics
Protecting it ‘depends on goodwill of people in the town’ Rappahannock’s dark sky is rare, so rare that it’s one of the darkest spots along the East Coast and advocates want to keep it that way. So, too, its county park has received top international recognition for...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 3, 2024 | Politics
‘We go to extraordinary lengths to serve our [county] voters’ Although Election Day is two months away, Rappahannock County’s roughly 6,000 registered voters can begin casting their ballots beginning Sept. 18 by mail or in person. And local officials are confident...
