Washington Mayor Joe Whited announced Monday his recent cancer diagnosis and upcoming absence from town meetings while he undergoes treatment. “Shortly after the last council meeting, I found out that I was going to be one of 1.9 million Americans this year who were...
Video: Fire near Washington, VirginiaVideo | Firefighters try to contain a fire next to Route 211 near the Town of Washington about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday afternoon update: Rappahannock County Public Schools canceled school today "due to the impact of the...
Watch the meeting: Rappahannock County School Board Meeting, March 12, 2024 Requires financial boost from county The Rappahannock County School Board Tuesday approved a proposed $15 million budget, one that would require a big boost in financial support from the...
Chester BrownChester Brown Retired Circuit Court Judge Dennis Lee Hupp deferred ruling on a motion Monday to relocate Chester Brown’s two upcoming jury trials from Rappahannock County to a different venue after a jury could not be selected for his first trial on Feb....
‘The companies should lead the way’ Maybe, just maybe, the Rappahannock community is moving forward in addressing one of its more persistent and daunting challenges. For more than a decade now, the aging of the county’s population has taken a toll on Rappahanock’s...
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden seem all but guaranteed to compete again for the presidency this November after taking the lead in the Republican and Democratic primary races Tuesday in Virginia as well as on the national level and in...
Smithsonian study seeks to protect species If you spend a lot of time in the woods, but you’ve never seen a bobcat, chances are a bobcat has seen you. Virginia’s bobcat population is thriving, and these elusive creatures can show themselves—or not—with ease. Though...
The ‘super’ in school superintendent takes on new meaning Grimsley-15c-web.jpgGrimsley took on the job of driving a school bus to help fill a need for drivers in the county, but really enjoys driving and has continued to substitute drive after all of the district’s...
The Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum are proud to present the winners of the 2022 Storytelling Contest. The six winners, who earned cash prizes at a reception in December at the Little Washington Theatre, were selected by an independent panel of judges who...
School Board, supervisors hope for more state funding Rappahannock’s School Board and Board of Supervisors worked through their fiscal year 2025 budget at a joint meeting Tuesday highlighted by a survey from parents that teacher and staff salaries and benefits are...
‘His heart was always in Rappahannock’ John Anderson was the quintessential local kid who made good, a hometown hero who died on Jan. 31 at the age of 77, after a months-long battle with COVID and its complications. anderson-6-web.jpgJohn Anderson with his first pup,...
Background: Joined the staff of Rappahannock County Library in 2011 as a youth services librarian and was named library director in 2020, former library assistant at Culpeper County Library; Virginia Tech University, BA, English; Longwood University, MA, English;...
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