by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jan 16, 2024 | Agriculture, Business, Education, Health, Politics
Supervisor championed his beloved county Roger Allen Welch believed in service. It was a belief he practiced faithfully for a lifetime, continuing his good works through a hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s disease that ended Dec. 11 at the age of 77 in his Flint...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 19, 2023 | Agriculture, Art, Education, Politics
Representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) visited Rappahannock County Elementary School (RCES) last week to tour the school’s garden and cafeteria, which are now flourishing because of a federal grant the school district received in...
by Tim Carrington | Mar 28, 2023 | Art, Business, Local Services, Politics
With state budget in limbo, higher real estate, new cigarette taxes possible County and state budget plans are unfolding on dual tracks: the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors this week began digging into a proposed set of tax increases they hope to avoid, while...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Feb 6, 2023 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Crime and Courts, Health, Politics
Local grape-growers are on tenterhooks, in the face of expert warnings that a sap-sucking agricultural vandal – the invasive spotted lanternfly – most likely will descend on their vineyards in the coming spring. An adept hitchhiker, the pest already has Rappahannock...
