by Randy Rieland | Aug 5, 2021 | Business, Crime and Courts, Health
Trained clinicians have joined law enforcement officers in responding to mental health calls in the region The call was about a man threatening suicide. In response, a Fauquier County sheriff’s deputy drove to the scene, hoping he could talk him out of it. He never...
by Randy Rieland | Jun 28, 2021 | Business, Health, Local Services
Trips to medical appointments from $5 to $20 Not long ago, Lola Walker received a call from a woman who needed a ride to Charlottesville for a medical test. The caller wanted to avoid asking her daughter or granddaughter to take her because they would have had to take...
by Randy Rieland | Jun 23, 2021 | Health
For many older adults, the question now is how they recover from a pandemic that made their lives dimmer and lonely. Soon the regulars at the senior centers in Rappahannock and Fauquier counties will be able to come in four days a week again. They won’t need to wear...
by Sara Schonhardt | Mar 14, 2021 | Health
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has picked up speed in Virginia recently. More doses are expected to arrive in the coming weeks and a new statewide registration system is up and running. More pharmacies, including Walgreens, Walmart, Food Lion, Martin’s, Harris Teeter...
by Randy Rieland | Dec 22, 2020 | Art, Health, Local Services
Drive-through inoculations at fire and rescue stations a possible option There was much to celebrate earlier this week when hospital workers around the country began receiving inoculations that should protect them from the pandemic that’s killed more than 300,000...
