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Rappahannock News again recognized with top Virginia Press Association honors

Rappahannock News again recognized with top Virginia Press Association honors

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 7, 2024 | Politics

2022-08-Fire-Ennis–5-web.jpg (copy)Shortly after a devastating fire last fall, the Ennis family stands in what used to be their home. “I felt like I was at the scene experiencing this family’s emotions,” a judge of the Virginia Press Association’s...
Squeezed out: Many Piedmont residents stymied by rent, mortgages beyond reach

Squeezed out: Many Piedmont residents stymied by rent, mortgages beyond reach

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 5, 2024 | Politics

In big cities, small towns and rolling Piedmont counties like Rappahannock, Culpeper and Fauquier, homes have become scarcer, costlier and more likely to be beyond the financial reach of many residents communities value and count on —  teachers, health aides, elderly...
Announcing winners of the 2022 Foothills Forum/Rappahannock News Storytelling Contest

Announcing winners of the 2022 Foothills Forum/Rappahannock News Storytelling Contest

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 19, 2022 | Art, Education

The Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum on Tuesday evening held a reception at the Little Washington Theatre to announce the winners of the 2022 Storytelling Contest. Winners, who earned cash prizes, were selected by an independent panel of judges who evaluated each...
Continuing the conversation about housing

Continuing the conversation about housing

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Nov 18, 2020 | Uncategorized

Foothills Forum and Rapp News will host a virtual discussion Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. In September, the Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum produced “Home Sweet Home?,” a year-long reporting project complemented by a survey of residents. Reporter Sara Schonhardt explored...
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