Nol PutnamNol Putnam at his Huntly forge in 2021. Renowned Rappahannock blacksmith and artist Nol Putnam passed away Sunday night. A county resident since 2001, Putnam was a long-time fixture on the Fall Art Tour, sharing White Oak Forge, his story, and his talent...
2023-06-Battle-Brandy-Station--38-web-4.jpg The Fight for Fleetwood is known for the cavalry clashing with their sabers drawn. This smaller battle happened a few hours after the larger Charging of the Confederate Guns at St. James Church The sun beat down on a crowd...
It’s been a privilege serving as editor of the Rappahannock News, especially as such an early career journalist. Thank you to the community that welcomed me with open arms and placed a great deal of trust in me and my colleagues to bring them Rappahannock County’s...
local news logo ‘We don’t want to shut down’ Norman Styer has devoted his career to reporting news in Loudoun County, an outer Washington suburb that has quintupled in population over 30 years and is now Virginia’s third-most populous county. He signed on as Leesburg...
local news logo The Richmond Free Press, an African-American weekly newspaper, was established in 1992, but if it seems much older it may be because its late founder, Raymond H. Boone, was at the center of covering the struggle for civil rights for half a century....
local news logo Newspapers that specialize in covering the interests and concerns of Black Americans, ethnic groups, gay readers and other targeted groups face the same economic and demographic challenges that buffet general-interest newspapers in Virginia, including...
local news logo There’s a ray of light shining in the otherwise bleak landscape of local news: a profusion of new, colorful websites where readers can find out what’s happening now instead of waiting until morning or midweek. These include the homepages of legacy...
local news logo A nonprofit digs deeper into news online Six years out of college, Sarah Vogelsong made $11 an hour when she landed her first newspaper job at the Caroline Progress in 2014. The minimum wage in the Commonwealth was $7.25 at that time. She left in 2016,...
When you’re an eight-year-old who’s been fighting cancer for two years, what’s the big deal about swimming with sharks? So, earlier this week, Anne Genho and her family flew to Hawaii to do just that, compliments of Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia. But before she left,...
The Day at a Glance SperryFest 2023 Main Street Map Front (1) → 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. Festival set-up, parking opens → 10 a.m. SperryFest begins → 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. RAAC Music: Grass Fed at Music Stage → 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m. Juggling Magic by the Plaksin Men → 1 p.m....
As a young man, Hugh Hill decided to follow his dream, and it swept him into three parallel careers: emergency medicine, the law, and the theater. Far from being overwhelmed by this vocational trinity, Hill, a native Virginian and for eight years a part-time resident...
local news logo There is a danger in painting with broad brushes, even when that’s not the intention. So let me be clear: Most newspapers aren’t dying, and the Rappahannock News certainly isn’t going anywhere. This week, we feature a summary version of our partner...
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