Comment articles reflect the opinion of the writer(s), not the Rapp News. Comment below or by writing a letter to the editor: [email protected]. Initially, I didn't want to do this contest, yet I had everything planned out. I knew I wanted to create something about...
State spending standoff forces tough local choices, $1 million gap The county budget – normally long on detail and short on drama – has been yanked into a showdown over tax increases that promises a spring of debate and painful choices. Rappahannock’s proposed tax...
Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) on Tuesday adopted a 2024 FY budget that would increase the county’s financial support by almost $550,000. It would be the largest year-to-year bump in county funding in recent memory. The proposed $14.6 million budget,...
Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) suffered a setback last week in its effort to boost the financial support it receives from the state. The Virginia Senate’s Finance and Appropriations Committee voted to shelve a bill that would have removed a cap that has...
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,...
The Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum on Tuesday evening held a reception at the Little Washington Theatre to announce the winners of the 2022 Storytelling Contest. Winners, who earned cash prizes, were selected by an independent panel of judges who evaluated each...
It was a football season nobody in Rappahannock County will soon forget. The switch this year to an eight-man league by Rappahannock County High School — Northern Virginia’s smallest school division, and one of the smallest in the state — provided a giant lift to the...
The Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum is hosting a Storytelling Contest for Rappahannock County students for a chance to win up to $400. We want you to showcase your creative ability to tell a story and be featured in the Rappahannock News. Who can participate?...
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...
Lisa Heiser – Career Coach, with Rappahannock County High School (RCHS) Profile of a Graduate (POG) program. Prior to joining RCHS in 2017, sold high school yearbooks for 25 years. Volunteered for ten years at youth ministries started by her husband in Culpeper....
Presenting … words of wisdom from our future generation Assembled here are the winning essays from the third Foothills Forum/Rappahannock News essay contest, held in conjunction with Rappahannock County Public Schools. Rapp News reporter Julia Shanahan worked with the...
Give Local Piedmont, a local 24-hour online fundraiser, on Tuesday secured $345,500 for nonprofit organizations that serve Rappahannock County, according to data provided by campaign organizer the Northern Piedmont Community Foundation. The ninth annual fundraiser,...
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