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 Benevolent Fund celebrity dinner is back Following a several year hiatus, the Benevolent Fund celebrity dinner is returning March 11 to benefit the nonprofit that provides emergency assistance to individuals and families with short-term financial needs. The last...
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...
Alpha-gal Syndrome has emerged as the latest rising threat among tick-borne diseases in the area since its discovery in 2009. The allergy to meat sourced from mammals has begun to make its presence known as it continues to plague local residents. Alpha-gal Syndrome is...
Did the COVID-19 pandemic mask an alarming rise of tick-borne diseases in Rappahannock County? In recent years, experts have gained a better understanding of the various illnesses caused by the parasitic bloodsuckers skulking in local grasses. But local residents and...
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...
The immense toll an intense childhood disease took on two Rappahannock families It’s like being struck by lightning. That’s how Lynnie Genho describes how she and her husband John felt last June when they were told their then six-year-old daughter, Anne, had cancer,...
The number of Rappahannock seniors who depend on rides to medical appointments is growing, but a shortage of drivers strains transportation accessibility Imagine: You’re in your mid-70s living alone and recovering from major surgery. Six weeks of physical therapy is...
Six suggestions from a former chaplain and Red Cross crisis response leader The following report, which has been edited for style, was republished from nonprofit news organization NextAvenue. Earl Johnson, 70, knows how to comfort people who have experienced...
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...
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