by Tim Carrington | Mar 24, 2021 | Local Services
Rappahannock County Administrator Garrey W. Curry presented a budget Wednesday night that shaves spending overall while opening the county purse for key priorities, including an across-the-board five percent raise for all county employees. The highlights: Total...
by John McCaslin | Jan 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
All primary highways in Rappahannock County have been pretreated — some twice in two days — in anticipation of what could be the most snow we’ve seen in these mountains and foothills in two years. The brine solution motorists already see sprayed on the roads,...
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...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Through a unique partnership, the Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum provide expanded local coverage Foothills Forum is a new type of community-supported journalism organization for a time of severe challenges to quality local news in Rappahannock, across Virginia...
by Randy Rieland | Dec 14, 2020 | Agriculture
‘Close to 80 inches of rain fell on Rappahannock in 2018 … almost double the annual average’ It seems that almost anyone who makes their living off the land in Rappahannock has a 2018 story. Jenna Brownell, co-manager of Whippoorwill Farm, remembers standing in the...
