by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 3, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo Newspapers that specialize in covering the interests and concerns of Black Americans, ethnic groups, gay readers and other targeted groups face the same economic and demographic challenges that buffet general-interest newspapers in Virginia, including...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 31, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo There’s a ray of light shining in the otherwise bleak landscape of local news: a profusion of new, colorful websites where readers can find out what’s happening now instead of waiting until morning or midweek. These include the homepages of legacy...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 31, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo A nonprofit digs deeper into news online Six years out of college, Sarah Vogelsong made $11 an hour when she landed her first newspaper job at the Caroline Progress in 2014. The minimum wage in the Commonwealth was $7.25 at that time. She left in 2016,...
by Randy Rieland | May 29, 2023 | Crime and Courts, Education, Health, Politics
When you’re an eight-year-old who’s been fighting cancer for two years, what’s the big deal about swimming with sharks? So, earlier this week, Anne Genho and her family flew to Hawaii to do just that, compliments of Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia. But before she left,...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 29, 2023 | Art, Business, Health, Politics
The Day at a Glance SperryFest 2023 Main Street Map Front (1) → 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Festival set-up, parking opens → 10 a.m. SperryFest begins → 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. RAAC Music: Grass Fed at Music Stage → 12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m. Juggling Magic by the...
