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...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 3, 2024 | Business, Politics
Protecting it ‘depends on goodwill of people in the town’ Rappahannock’s dark sky is rare, so rare that it’s one of the darkest spots along the East Coast and advocates want to keep it that way. So, too, its county park has received top international recognition for...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 1, 2024 | Agriculture, Crime and Courts, Politics
03202024_Fire_Hayes_01-web.jpgA firefighter watches a brush fire through thick smoke along Route 211 in Washington the afternoon of March 20. County official: ‘I could not have had more pride’ The Rappahannock County volunteer fire and rescue system was challenged on...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Mar 28, 2024 | Business, Health, Local Services, Politics
The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors on Monday unanimously approved allowing the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Company to temporarily operate under the county’s EMS license until the company can operate independently. Because the station has been without an EMS...
by Randy Rieland | Mar 16, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Education, Health, Politics
Watch the meeting: Rappahannock County School Board Meeting, March 12, 2024 Requires financial boost from county The Rappahannock County School Board Tuesday approved a proposed $15 million budget, one that would require a big boost in financial support from the...
