by Randy Rieland | Jun 6, 2025 | Features, Food Pantry, Local servcies, Top Story
There are any number of reasons Georgina Griffith-Yates is the new executive director of the Rappahannock Food Pantry, but let’s start with her dogs. As she tells it, two of the five rescue dogs she shares with her spouse, Ash Yates, are runners. As in, if they’re off...
by Andy Alexander | Jun 3, 2025 | Crime and Courts
A federal court has dismissed a bankruptcy filing by a construction firm headed by Rappahannock County contractor Edward D. “Eddie” Fletcher Jr. In mid-April, E. Fletcher Construction LLC filed a petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Harrisonburg under Chapter 11 of...
by Ireland Hayes | May 23, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Bail revoked after new indictments A Washington man’s bond was revoked in Rappahannock County Circuit Court last Friday after a judge reviewed seven new indictments on charges of solicitation of a minor by a grand jury and a “disturbing” criminal complaint against...
by Ireland Hayes | May 19, 2025 | Local Government, Town
Speed limits in town reduced this weekend The Town Council meeting Monday night included three other developments: the unveiling of plans for Rush River Commons phase two, approval of a special-use permit for White Moose Inn for two additional rooms and an...
by Ireland Hayes | May 19, 2025 | Local Government, Town
Proposal is ‘gratuitous,’ shows ‘poor planning by the county’ Town of Washington officials received a letter Monday from Hampton Supervisor Keir Whitson outlining a proposal — raising the town’s meals and lodging taxes from 2.5% to 4% and giving that additional...
