New data shows ranks of most active county fire and rescue volunteers down as service calls increase, force ages It’s one of Rappahannock’s more worrisome fault lines. For years, the aging of the county’s population has rippled through the community’s fire and rescue...
A Foothills Forum/Rappahannock News occasional series Give them a chance and Rappahannock County citizens will speak freely about what divides us – and unites us – living in this place we call home. Beginning in January, a team of Rappahannock News reporters and...
Many of the world’s art treasures are celebrated for having endured the battering of multiple millennia; others fascinate us because they fall apart soon after they’re created. This so-called ephemeral art is the focus of a first-time Rappahannock competition, with...
The Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) is holding its annual autobiographical storytelling event "No Ordinary Person” in June after canceling a planned showing in January amid a winter COVID-19 surge. The event, scheduled to take place Saturday,...
On the Vernal Equinox, women gather in Castleton to find strength and support in each other Years of monthly potluck dinners among women in Rappahannock County became a safe place for women of all ages to take refuge and connect with themselves and their sisterhood....
Chester Gap chief: “It’s bad. People don’t realize how bad. We’re fighting it tooth and nail right now.” In December, a crew from the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad responded to a call. They picked up a patient and headed for Fauquier Hospital. There, they waited...
Update: On Saturday, RAAC issued this statement: In light of the uncertainties surrounding the current state of covid, RAAC has decided to once again suspend indoor activities. So we are canceling the "No Ordinary Person" event planned for January 8 and 9, with the...
Barbara — Active member of Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC), serving as a board member, chair of the Claudia Mitchell Arts Fund, member of Art Tour committee, and school programs developer; volunteer at Food Pantry, Benevolent Fund and...
Rappahannock’s Fall Art Tour — reimagined to incorporate cautions in the age of the pandemic — is taking shape to debut in November with a mix of new artists and established names, online elements and in-person visits to 40-some studios and galleries. The return of...
'Drugs are everywhere’ But county consistently has had among the lowest violent crime rates in Virginia A Rapp News/Foothills Forum Special Report Rappahannock County is blessed with one of the lowest serious crime rates in Virginia. So what worries Rappahannock...
Barbara – Retired Fairfax County school social worker; psychotherapist in Rappahannock County; board member, former Ki Theatre; volunteer, Rappahannock Tourism promotion; fundraising organizer, Sperryville Rescue Squad; former columnist, Rappahannock News. Resident of...
A costly sewer plant has become a chronic money pit. Proposed rate increases hit the “company town’s” anchor, The Inn at Little Washington, hard, raising tensions Washington, Virginia — home to the celebrated Inn at Little Washington — is known for meals and memories...
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