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Roger Jenkins ‘has the DNA’ to serve

Roger Jenkins ‘has the DNA’ to serve

by Ireland Hayes | Aug 27, 2025 | Features, People, Sidebar, Top Story

Chief deputy sheriff retires after 30 years…sort of After nearly three decades wearing a Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office badge — from his early days as a jailer to chief deputy — Maj. Roger Jenkins has closed that chapter of his life and retired.  Well, for the...
William Webster’s lasting hope: ‘We return to being a people…the world respects’

William Webster’s lasting hope: ‘We return to being a people…the world respects’

by Tim Carrington | Aug 18, 2025 | People, Sidebar, Top Story

Former FBI, CIA director and Rappahannock resident dies at 101 Judge William H. Webster, former director of  the FBI and the CIA died last Friday at 101, and friends, policy analysts and national media began an extended reflection on his person and record in...
Is flooding in Rappahannock the new normal?

Is flooding in Rappahannock the new normal?

by Bob Hurley | Aug 17, 2025 | Environment, Local servcies, People, Sidebar, Top Story

Who’s at risk and where? New ways to cope The owners of The Black Twig restaurant in Sperryville know all too well the life-threatening impact of severe flooding. Abigail Gleason was left stranded at her home the evening of May 13 with her two young sons on one side...
Ripples from Washington: How big changes to our east are impacting Rappahannock County

Ripples from Washington: How big changes to our east are impacting Rappahannock County

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Aug 4, 2025 | Features, Politics, Sidebar, Top Story

Here’s what we know…and don’t yet know. We read about “the cuts,” then waited for what they’d mean. With the signing into law of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this month, and now six months into President Trump’s administration, a picture slowly...
Historic Madison County church hosts Madison-Monroe debate

Historic Madison County church hosts Madison-Monroe debate

by Emily Oaks | Aug 3, 2025 | Features, People, Sidebar, Top Story

A political debate, utterly free of animosity, took place July 20 at Hebron Lutheran Church in Madison County where two men in 18th-century breeches and tricornered hats reenacted an event that occurred on the same spot in January 1789. Friends James Madison and James...
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