Hal Hunter: Long time Rappahannock County volunteer and activist who has led community efforts in historic preservation, housing, education, transportation, conservation, senior services, and food security. Volunteer highlights: founder of Plant A Row, the...
Environmental Health Specialist with Virginia Department of Health (VDH) since 1990, VDH Rappahannock office since 1999. Past member of RappFLOW and RAWL. Hobbies: hiking, gardening, painting. Lives in Viewtown with her husband Surja Tamang, who works at the...
Jerry Goebel: School bus driver, Rappahannock County Public Schools; former member of the Washington Town Council and its treasurer for 17 years; retired bank branch manager. Has lived in Rappahannock for 22 years. Resides with Teri Sullivan, his wife, in Washington....
Stories of the search for home in Rappahannock Home means something different to everyone. Yet what we discovered through responses to a Community Housing Questionnaire we circulated last year is that those who choose to make Rappahannock home often make sacrifices to...
After the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools in mid-March, Jess Settle scrambled to find babysitters for her four children, ages 11, nine, six and one. Settle works at Piedmont Broadband and had to be in the office to field phone calls and respond to a growing number...
‘A whole lot of moving parts’ When Rappahannock’s public school students return next Monday, they’ll kick off their school year with a temperature check. They’ll be wearing masks, too, at least on the buses and in the hallways. They can remove them once they get to...
From a hilltop overlooking Madison County, several members of the Rappahannock County Broadband Committee observed on Monday how a local service provider brought the internet to Graves Mountain Lodge and contemplated what was possible for their own mountainous...
Inn at Little Washington largest recipient to retain 167 jobs Roughly 80 Rappahannock businesses and nonprofit organizations have received at least $4.7 million in loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The largest recipient was the Inn at Little...
Officials assume in-person classes will resume in August ‘We need to work out a lot of details in a very short amount of time’ When Rappahannock students head back to school in a few months, it’s likely they’ll need to get health screenings every morning, their...
Nan Butler Roberts was born and bred in Rappahannock by a family whose roots in the county run deep. Her home church is First Baptist Church of Washington, and a relative founded Promise Land Baptist in the same town in 1900. Her parents owned and operated the...
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