by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 30, 2024 | Art, Crime and Courts, Education
‘Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It.’ Rappahannock native Connie Compton leads law enforcement in a ‘small town’ county A Rapp News/Foothills Forum Special Report FF-RCSO-Compton-66-web.jpgSheriff Connie Compton at the Laurel Mills Store, where at age 14 she...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 3, 2024 | Politics
‘We go to extraordinary lengths to serve our [county] voters’ Although Election Day is two months away, Rappahannock County’s roughly 6,000 registered voters can begin casting their ballots beginning Sept. 18 by mail or in person. And local officials are confident...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 29, 2022 | Politics
The Rappahannock News was recognized with more than 30 awards, including two top Best in Show honors and 16 first-place awards, in the Virginia Press Association’s annual competition for excellence in journalism and advertising. At a virtual presentation Thursday...
by Bob Hurley | Jul 12, 2021 | Art, Crime and Courts, Local Services
‘Drugs are everywhere’ But county consistently has had among the lowest violent crime rates in Virginia A Rapp News/Foothills Forum Special Report Rappahannock County is blessed with one of the lowest serious crime rates in Virginia. So what worries Rappahannock...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Rappahannock News was recognized with 22 awards, including a top Best in Show honor and seven first-place awards, in the Virginia Press Association’s 2020 competition for excellence in journalism and advertising. At a virtual presentation last Thursday morning,...
