by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 21, 2024 | Business, Crime and Courts, Education, Health, Politics
A private man in public service, Rappahannock resident celebrates 100 years “I am an old Navy man, and I heard a bosun’s pipe.” In 1978, that was William H. Webster’s reason for leaving a distinguished judicial career and the possibility of a future seat on the United...
by Ireland Hayes | May 7, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Education, Health, Local Services
Emergency responders recreate fatal crash before prom Rappahannock County High School students and county emergency responders simulated a fatal car crash last Friday, hoping to teach young drivers about the dangers and consequences of impaired driving, before the...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 7, 2024 | Politics
2022-08-Fire-Ennis–5-web.jpg (copy)Shortly after a devastating fire last fall, the Ennis family stands in what used to be their home. “I felt like I was at the scene experiencing this family’s emotions,” a judge of the Virginia Press Association’s...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 3, 2024 | Politics
Emily Oaks worked for years as a local journalist in this region Emily OaksEmily Oaks is set to become executive director of journalism nonprofit Foothills Forum on April 15. Veteran journalist Emily Oaks has been named the new executive director of Foothills Forum,...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 3, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
Pioneering program is first of its kind in Virginia The saying, “Let kids be kids,” may hold more merit than you think. An innovative program at Rappahannock County Elementary School allows students to expend some of their energy in ways that will improve their...
