Virginia needs more houses — tens of thousands of them, including as many as 300,000 affordable rental units. Zoning restraints, land-use policies and environmental regulations have been getting in the way. This is the core message in Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s initiative,...
Local grape-growers are on tenterhooks, in the face of expert warnings that a sap-sucking agricultural vandal – the invasive spotted lanternfly – most likely will descend on their vineyards in the coming spring. An adept hitchhiker, the pest already has Rappahannock...
A renewed effort to provide a form of public transportation for Rappahannock County residents is in the works. The Regional Transportation Collaborative (RTC) of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission is applying for a grant that, if funded, would provide...
If Washington’s buildings form a stage set, as is often said, they would offer a perfect backdrop to a sweeping drama mixing elements of renewal, uncertainty and neglect. For more than four decades, the tiny town has reinvented itself, as the Inn at Little Washington...
Venerated as one of the Piedmont’s most historic and beautiful villages, the Town of Washington also is disparaged sometimes as a movie set, even a ghost town. But whatever you think of the town, 2023 will be a year of great change and challenge, sparking renewal,...
Rappahannock home builders scaled up their plans in 2022, gaining 40 building permits, up from 28 the year before. Commercial permits also jumped in the year just ended, to 30, from 12 in 2021. Experts point to several recent trends that would explain the surge, but...
The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation on Tuesday announced recipients of the 2022 Richard Lykes grant, awarding nonprofits that serve Rappahannock County nearly $100,000. The organization also announced that applications have opened for the Community Assistance...
About 50 co-workers, friends, and “clients” gathered at Headmaster's Pub in Sperryville Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 4) to honor Troy Jenkins in his retirement. Jenkins, Systems Maintenance Operator and problem solver for the Rappahannock Water and Sewer Authority's...
The Rappahannock County Public Safety Committee last week recommended that the Board of Supervisors withdraw financial support from the troubled Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company. The vote last week was the latest and most drastic step in the county’s...
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...
Rappahannock County officials still do not know if All Points Broadband will delay fiber construction in Rappahannock County after the company sent a stern letter more than two weeks ago following a missed payment to a broadband expansion project. Because the county...
The Rappahannock County Broadband Authority (RCBA) in a split vote on Monday approved all future funding for broadband expansion after All Points Broadband sent a letter to the body threatening to delay fiber construction in the county since it was late to make its...
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