by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Sep 24, 2024 | Health
As the pandemic wanes, its impact on addiction and recovery continues The worst of the pandemic would seem to be behind us. Unfortunately, not all of it. In fact, an often-overlooked impact of COVID-19 — an alarming rise in drug and alcohol use — could be one of its...
by Ireland Hayes | Sep 17, 2024 | Art, People
The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors has proclaimed Sept. 28, 2024, John Jackson Day in honor of the late blues musician who was born in the county in 1924. The John Jackson Blues Festival is scheduled for the same date at Eldon Farms in Woodville, and the...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Aug 15, 2024 | Education
Summer vacation officially came to end for students (and their teachers) Wednesday when Rappahannock County Public Schools started classes for a new academic year. Here’s a look as Rappahannock County Elementary School students arrived Wednesday morning: In...
by Randy Rieland | Jul 31, 2024 | Education, Health, Sidebar
This is the first part of a series on the mental health struggles of today’s generation of teenagers, the urgent need for more support in schools and how families can get help. Schools scramble to keep up The plan, Erica Jennejahn recalls, was to get ahead of things,...
by Bob Hurley | Jul 14, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, doers, Education, Health, People, Politics
Background: Deputy Director of Programs, Headwaters Foundation, under-six coach with the Rappahannock County Soccer Association for four seasons, T-ball coach with the Rappahannock Culpeper Baseball League, clerk of Thornton Gap Regular Baptist Church and SperryFest...
