by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 25, 2022 | Agriculture
Cattle wrangler Pete Jones is on call to deal with rebellious Rapp bovines What better place than Rappahannock County – known to feature more cows than people – for two modern-day cattle wranglers like Pete and Kristen Jones to land? The married couple, who moved to...
by Randy Rieland | Aug 19, 2022 | Education, Health
When students returned to Rappahannock’s two public schools last week, all indications were that finally things were back to normal. No more masking. No more social distancing. Kids could go to classes, eat lunch together, hang out in the hallways like they did in the...
by Bob Hurley | Aug 5, 2022 | Agriculture, doers, People
Manager, Rappahannock Visitors Center; retired psychiatric social worker at Fauquier Hospital; former board member of Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board, Rappahannock County Recreational Facilities Authority, Fauquier Free Clinic, and Fauquier Community...
by Sara Schonhardt | Jul 24, 2022 | Business, People
Questions about who gets to live in Rappahannock are perennial A Rappahannock News/Foothills Forum special report by Sara Schonhardt Graphics by Laura Stanton Housing has long been a topic of discussion in Rappahannock. What’s available? What’s affordable?...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 18, 2022 | Business
The COVID pandemic has truly hurt many families with loved ones dying and others getting very sick. With many places of business closed and schools shut down coupled with the indirect effects of perhaps dwindling cash flow, isolation and loneliness; life has been sad...