by Tim Carrington | Jan 8, 2025 | Broadband, Politics
Funding deadlines loom over project The year 2025 will mark a critical junction for a broadband project — providing affordable high-speed internet — that Rappahannock and seven other Virginia counties were promised in 2022. Why it matters Rappahannock residents saw...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 7, 2025 | Politics
The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation (NPCF) has distributed $95,000 in grants to 14 local nonprofit organizations through the Richard Lykes Rappahannock Community Fund. These grants are designed to support a range of impactful initiatives across the region,...
by Ireland Hayes | Jan 7, 2025 | Business, Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Local Services, People, Politics
Washington resident Robbie Critzer, charged with embezzling more than $300,000, appeared for a bond hearing last Thursday in Rappahannock County Circuit Court where she was released on a $25,000 secured bond. Critzer, 48, was indicted by a grand jury on eight counts...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 5, 2025 | Art, Education, People, Politics
‘Conclave’ opens 2025 movie season The new year in RAAC movies at the Little Washington Theatre opens Friday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. with “Conclave,” the papal suspense film starring Ralph Fiennes and directed by Edward Berger. Nominated for Best Film, the movie is drawn...
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...
