by Randy Rieland | Jul 18, 2023 | Education, Health
Social worker Erica Jennejahn helps students cope with growing mental health needs Three years on, and yet Erica Jennejahn still sees ripples of the COVID-19 pandemic in the classrooms of Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS). “What I see is that kids and parents...
by Ben Peters | Jun 10, 2023 | Education, Health, Politics
It’s been a privilege serving as editor of the Rappahannock News, especially as such an early career journalist. Thank you to the community that welcomed me with open arms and placed a great deal of trust in me and my colleagues to bring them Rappahannock County’s...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 3, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo ‘We don’t want to shut down’ Norman Styer has devoted his career to reporting news in Loudoun County, an outer Washington suburb that has quintupled in population over 30 years and is now Virginia’s third-most populous county. He signed on as Leesburg...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 3, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo The Richmond Free Press, an African-American weekly newspaper, was established in 1992, but if it seems much older it may be because its late founder, Raymond H. Boone, was at the center of covering the struggle for civil rights for half a century....
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 31, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics
local news logo A nonprofit digs deeper into news online Six years out of college, Sarah Vogelsong made $11 an hour when she landed her first newspaper job at the Caroline Progress in 2014. The minimum wage in the Commonwealth was $7.25 at that time. She left in 2016,...
