by Julia Shanahan | Jan 11, 2025 | Art, Business, Crime and Courts
More snow possible for weekend Rappahannock County employees and students were able to enjoy about eight inches of snow that fell earlier this week as life as we knew it shut down — county offices closed, students got an extended winter break and most businesses took...
by Bob Hurley | Jan 9, 2025 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health, Infrastructure, Politics, Real Estate
Project expanding with shops, services, warehouses Only three miles east of the Rappahannock County line at Clevengers Corner – where routes 211 and 229 intersect – sits Stonehaven, an imposing 500-plus-acre housing development. The project calls for the construction...
by Bob Hurley | Jan 8, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Local Services, Politics
After several years of deliberations and meetings on the future of the county courthouse, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors (BOS) seems to be closing in on final concept plans. The supervisors and members of an advisory courthouse Planning and Oversight...
by Ireland Hayes | Jan 8, 2025 | Art, Business, Education, Infrastructure, Politics, Real Estate
Developers asking community for input As construction of housing in the new privately-funded Rush River Commons development in the Town of Washington nears completion, the project’s engineers and designers are already looking ahead to the second phase of the...
by Randy Rieland | Jan 8, 2025 | Art, Business, Education, Fire/Rescue, Health, Local Services, Politics
Rappahannock County officials continue to look at ways to play a bigger role in the community’s emergency services without threatening the independence of local volunteer fire and rescue companies. WHY IT MATTERS For years now, the aging of Rappahannock’s population —...
