‘It can reach the point where it all boils over’ The county’s Department of Social Services is renewing its efforts to recruit new foster care families. In recent years, the agency has struggled to find temporary homes in Rappahannock for children needing foster care....
Sperryville tower finally equipped to provide service More than a year after the contentious cell tower in Sperryville was erected, service providers have finally added their equipment and are preparing to provide service to surrounding residents. Piedmont Broadband...
‘There’s still too much uncertainty’ This fall’s John Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival at Eldon Farms in Woodville has been canceled. The event to celebrate the legacy of the Rappahannock native and renowned blues singer and guitarist drew more than 750 people to its...
‘Everybody in the Hispanic community knows someone who got it. They have seen what COVID does to people’ By mid-April, Yanet Garcia feared the worst. She had heard about people in Culpeper County’s Hispanic community getting sick with what appeared to be COVID-19, and...
Joe Kimpflen: Case manager for adult services, Rappahannock County Department of Social Services; Cabrini College, B.A., Bryn Mawr College M.S.S.; former volunteer EMT in Loudoun County; behavioral health specialist at Prince William Medical Center in Manassas and...
Remember the opioid crisis? Not long ago, it was an awful reality of modern rural life, a relentless calamity destroying lives and damaging families. It still is. Last year, Virginia had more fatal drug overdoses — 1,617 — than ever before. But in a time of global...
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