by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 17, 2023 | Agriculture, Crime and Courts
“Woodville’s history is a series of layers, and one of those layers was the 1960s and 70s when the hippies came to the community,” said local historian Misty Hitt Wright whose family ties to the village date back to the 1840s. Beginning in the mid 1960s, William Lane...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jul 17, 2023 | Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Education, Local Services, Politics
The School House is up for sale; Copper Fox Antiques narrowly avoids foreclosure auction Update: The foreclosure auction of the Copper Fox Antiques was called off late last week after owner Alex Sharp and Atlantic Union Bank ended a year-long impasse. They agreed to...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 19, 2023 | Agriculture, Business, Crime and Courts, Politics
Densely populated mountain village occupies niche in county It is the most densely populated village in Rappahannock County. It has its own voting precinct. It adjoins Shenandoah National Park and is home to the headwaters of the Rappahannock River. At 1,670 feet it...
by Randy Rieland | Mar 27, 2023 | Crime and Courts, Education, Local Services, Politics
One of the biggest budget hurdles that Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) faces is its Local Composite Index (LCI). That’s the complex formula used by Virginia to determine how much funding each county receives from the state to pay for public education. Each...
