The Cupeper Rodeo returned for its fourth year over Labor Day weekend, hosting over 8,000 people at the Culpeper Agriculture Enterprise. Photos by Ireland Hayes [gallery link="none" size="large"...
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Local Services
Roger Jenkins ‘has the DNA’ to serve
Chief deputy sheriff retires after 30 years…sort of After nearly three decades wearing a Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office badge — from his early days as a jailer to chief deputy — Maj. Roger Jenkins has closed that chapter of his life and retired. Well, for the...
Super heroes, villains go ‘bonkers’ at Camp Fantastic
Several Rappahannock County groups pulled out all the stops for “Bonkers Night,” a special dinner event on Aug. 5 for some 75 kids at the 42nd annual gathering of Camp Fantastic. The weeklong sleepaway camp, held at the 4-H Center in Front Royal, hosts kids ages...
William Webster’s lasting hope: ‘We return to being a people…the world respects’
Former FBI, CIA director and Rappahannock resident dies at 101 Judge William H. Webster, former director of the FBI and the CIA died last Friday at 101, and friends, policy analysts and national media began an extended reflection on his person and record in...
Is flooding in Rappahannock the new normal?
Who’s at risk and where? New ways to cope The owners of The Black Twig restaurant in Sperryville know all too well the life-threatening impact of severe flooding. Abigail Gleason was left stranded at her home the evening of May 13 with her two young sons on one side...
In Appreciation: MK Ishee, a voice for preservation
Mary Katherine Ishee died July 13 on a Sperryville hilltop in the former Hopewell Baptist Church where she swung a hammer, sanded floors and painted walls to transform history into a home. She was surrounded by members of her large and loving family, including many of...
PEC president warns of impact of data centers in Rappahannock
Rappahannock will be significantly affected by the proliferation of data centers in Northern Virginia, even if the county manages to fend off future construction proposals within the county, according to Christopher G. Miller, longtime president of the Piedmont...
Ripples from Washington: How big changes to our east are impacting Rappahannock County
Here's what we know...and don’t yet know. We read about “the cuts,” then waited for what they’d mean. With the signing into law of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this month, and now six months into President Trump’s administration, a picture slowly emerges of...
Historic Madison County church hosts Madison-Monroe debate
A political debate, utterly free of animosity, took place July 20 at Hebron Lutheran Church in Madison County where two men in 18th-century breeches and tricornered hats reenacted an event that occurred on the same spot in January 1789. Friends James Madison and James...
Moo-ving moments at annual Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock farm show
Young 4‑H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) exhibitors from around the region paraded their prized livestock around the arena last weekend at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock (CMR) Farm Show. The show took over the Culpeper Agriculture Enterprise from last...
They’re back!: Lanternflies return to Rappahannock in swarms
Spotted lanternflies, and more of them, are back in Rappahannock County this summer — with a vengeance. “There's a greater presence throughout the county than last year,” said Adam Downing, forestry extension agent for the Northwest District, which includes...
Say goodbye to styrofoam containers in Virginia, state law begins banning them this week
Takeout food and drinks will look different from this week on. A Virginia state ban on single-use styrofoam containers, technically known as expanded polystyrene (EPS), became law July 1. It prohibits food vendors from using styrofoam plates, cups, bowls, trays, to-go...
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