by Randy Rieland | Dec 12, 2025 | Education, Sidebar, Top Story
Teachers: Culture changed, no longer “family’ atmosphere School officials: Routine turnover, retirements, better pay elsewhere If the hallways of Rappahannock County High School could talk, they’d tell of an exodus of almost half of the teachers and aides by the...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 1, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
‘We are really, seriously having a problem’ he tells judge Chester Brown had his day — and say — in Rappahannock County Circuit Court Thursday, airing frustrations about his lawyer and how the murder case against him is being handled. Brown, 65, a former Washington...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 24, 2025 | Art, Local Government, Sidebar, Town
Town architectural board approves partial plan Representatives from the Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) presented preliminary designs for its renovation of the Little Washington Theatre to the town’s Architectural Review Board (ARB) Monday...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 17, 2025 | Education, Sidebar
Clarify dual enrollment changes Power outages and surges at Rappahannock County Public Schools caused by a transformer fire and equipment failures — three times causing disruptions in the school day in the last week — reflect “a big issue” facing the schools,...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 16, 2025 | Business, Local Government, Sidebar, Town
The Washington Town Council unanimously approved development of Rush River Commons’ second phase, despite a recommendation of denial from its Planning Commission last month. The development will be on 3.9 acres where Warren Avenue meets Lee Highway, adjacent to Rush...