by Randy Rieland | Jan 2, 2025 | Art, Broadband, Business, Education, Fire/Rescue, Health, Local Services, Politics
Building Committee, RIP • Flint Hill Fire back-and-forth • Hiking Old Rag: Get a ticket • Volunteers battle brush fires • Chester Brown sentenced. Murder unsolved. • Russian intrigue in Huntly! • Trump win, caravan parades • Washington’s ‘First Lady’ passes • High...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 17, 2024 | Business, Education, Local Services, People, Politics, Real Estate
Putting ‘faces behind the issue’ RICHMOND — Rappahannock County officials traveled to Richmond last Monday to make an appearance before a subcommittee of the General Assembly as part of their efforts to receive more school funding from the state. County Administrator...
by Ireland Hayes | Dec 9, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health
Tucked among the rolling hills of Amissville, you would not expect to find an equine reproduction hub. But for nearly three decades, Dr. Kevin Dippert and his team have been pioneering in the field, serving horses and their owners who come from across the country....
by Randy Rieland | Nov 26, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Broadband, Business, Education, Health, Local Services, Politics
Rappahannock students opt for ‘hands on’ careers It wasn’t that long ago, remembers Dani Pond, when conventional wisdom had it that if you wanted a good career, you better have a degree from a four-year college. “It didn’t matter what degree,” said Pond, supervisor of...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 20, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Health, Local Services, People, Politics
Arrested again for traffic violations James “Bill” Fletcher III pleaded not guilty last Tuesday to speeding and DWI charges stemming from a June arrest, but his trial was postponed until February after a key witness was unable to appear. On Nov. 7, Fletcher was also...
