The Rappahannock County Farm Tour is making a comeback for its 12th year after canceling last fall because of COVID-1…
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Little Washington was hopping this past Saturday, Sept. 18. The nice weather brought many charity bike riders out for…
New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have started trending downward again in Northern Virginia and statewide, alth…
The Rappahannock County Planning Commission moved swiftly through five applications for special use permits at its Se…
The numbers of students and staff quarantined in Rappahannock County Public Schools surged this week after just a few…
‘It has made the prosecution of this nearly impossible,’ prosecutor says
Since its June reopening, volunteers at Flatwood Refuse and Recycling Center’s Share Shed continue to report an unsus…
Feb. 28, 1974: Approximately eighty 5-year-old children will enroll in Rappahannock’s first kindergarten program in S…
The Headwaters Foundation announced on Thursday that now-former Executive Director Lynnie Genho stepped down from the…
The Town of Washington’s Planning Commission will meet on Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall to discuss an initial revi…
Last month, Gov. Ralph Northam gave state employees a choice: get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing for COVID-19…
Culpeper resident Mark Lewis Jenkins was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday for two charges of grand larceny a…
The following home and land transfers were recorded at the Rappahannock County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Sept. 7-17:
The long-awaited opening of the post office in the Town of Washington is expected to take place sometime before this …
Washington Town Council on Monday unanimously approved a special use permit for Rush River Commons, allowing construc…
Cliff Miller, a Sperryville business owner, is challenging Piedmont Supervisor Christine Smith on the Rappahannock Co…
I should have guessed it! I did not know who the author was of the witty and creative sign — “Respect Rappahannock.” …
The petition below was created by me to communicate to our public servants public opinion in favor of following the V…
There’s a very important election coming up in November, particularly for Rappahannock County, our Board of Superviso…
Thanks to Richard Brady for his sensible response to the skewed article in the paper (“County real estate taxes are i…
I live in the Piedmont District, and I will be enthusiastically voting to re-elect Christine Smith as my representati…
I have been reading some of the Foothills reports on the tax system here in Rappahannock County. Overlooking the many…
This letter provides more detail to an issue the Foothills Forum article on taxation in the county touched on, being …
The members of the Board of Supervisors, who also comprise the county’s Broadband Authority, have worked decisively t…
According to last week's news, chiropractor Mattie Leto attacked school board member Rachel Bynum, declaring the heal…
Rod Osborne is a highly likable, gregarious citizen with a background that reflects on discipline and continuing educ…
I am the proud creator/instigator of the “Respect Rappahannock” signs. I first saw the sentiment on a similar sign do…
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