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Fauquier County sheriff's deputies and Warrenton town police officers closed U.S. 29 Saturday afternoon and successfully coaxed a suicidal person from a bridge.
The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority and Norfolk Southern Corp. on June 30 announced the financial closing of the Western Rail Initiative Agreement, which will permit expanded passenger rail service from Washington to Roanoke and to the New River Valley.
Routific investigated gas price changes in Virginia during the last year using data from AAA.
The Virginia Department of Transportation has begun construction on a large new salt dome in Amissville to help bolster the agency’s capability to clear the Piedmont region’s roads of dangerous ice in the winter.
A new state law regulating “farm use” license plates does more than just crack down on those who may be abusing the current system that allows owners of certain farm vehicles to not register them with the state. It could also result in a marginal increase in Rappahannock County’s personal property tax revenue.
Traffic volumes in general are expected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels this year, and Memorial Day weekend congestion is predicted to follow suit.
Imagine: You’re in your mid-70s living alone and recovering from major surgery. Six weeks of physical therapy is required to get back on your feet. You don’t have access to a vehicle or are physically unable to drive.
Saying Virginians need immediate relief from higher gas prices, Gov. Glenn Youngkin called Wednesday for a three-month suspension of Virginia’s entire gas tax, a move that would cut about 26 cents off each gallon at a roughly $437 million cost to the state.
The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors on Monday set aside half of the county’s federal stimulus funds to help pay for a potential broadband initiative between the county and their chosen private partner.
At their monthly meeting on Monday, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors approved $65,000 to the Rappahannock County Water and Sewer Authority so they can begin working on improvements and studies to evaluate how parts of the system are operating.
Virginia’s top transportation official on Sept. 30 declined the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors’ appeal that he reconsider reducing the speed limit on a U.S. Route 211 corridor in Sperryville near an entrance to Shenandoah National Park that’s been home to more than two dozen crashe…
Chair of the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors Debbie Donehey signed a letter sent to the head of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) last week requesting the agency reconsider reducing the speed limit on a U.S. Route 211 corridor in Sperryville near an entrance to Shenandoah National Park that’s been home to more than two dozen crashes in recent years.
The historic Sperryville home that houses coffee shop Before and After was struck on Thursday evening, Sept. 3, after a vehicle being towed by a truck came loose and ran off the road.
To the dismay of local officials, business leaders and residents, a study conducted by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) concluded that a high-traffic corridor on State Route 211 in Sperryville near Shenandoah National Park that was the site of nearly 30 recent crashes shouldn’t have its speed limit reduced.
If you can't drive, Rappahannock County can be a difficult place to live. If you use a wheelchair, it is even harder since commercial wheelchair transport is practically non-existent.
These are the school bus routes for the school year that starts Wednesday, August 11,2021. Students are urged to be at their pickup points at least 15 minutes early the first day of school. Some bus numbers and route descriptions have been altered from last year, so please be alert for those changes.
Not long ago, Lola Walker received a call from a woman who needed a ride to Charlottesville for a medical test. The caller wanted to avoid asking her daughter or granddaughter to take her because they would have had to take time off from work.
At their monthly meeting Monday, members of the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors unanimously declined, at least for now, to thwart the intentions of their predecessors — who, in 2006, allowed the then-owner of the Blue Rock Inn property to build a three-bedroom residence there on the condition that it would never be used for commercial purposes.
Gas outages across the eastern U.S. peaked last Thursday, May 13 and have steadily been declining, says Patrick De Haan, an oil and refined products analyst with the data-tracking website GasBuddy. As of Wednesday, only 21 percent of fueling stations in the state reported outages, compared with 52 percent that were out of fuel on May 13.
In light of fuel shortages across the state, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) urged Virginians on Thursday afternoon to stop unnecessary travel and to avoid hoarding gasoline. Curtis Brown, director of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, said his department…
Colonial Pipeline restarted operations at 5 p.m. Wednesday as panic-induced gas shortages swept across the East Coast and Gulf coast states.
Gov. Ralph Northam has issued a state of emergency to address gasoline supply disruptions in Virginia following a rise in gas prices and some panic buying after a temporary shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies much of the fuel for the East Coast.
Concern about a dangerous stretch of 211; Whitson makes ‘appeal to the public for decency toward other citizens’
The $3.65 million restoration of the 143-year-old Waterloo Bridge was completed more than two months ahead of schedule on Feb. 23, says the Virginia Department of Transportation.
As of 5 p.m. Sunday, routes 211 and 522 in Rappahannock were mainly clear of snow and ice, with highway crews turning their attention to many of the county’s secondary roads.
The Virginia Department of Transportation is discouraging non-essential travel today due to snow accumulation. Roads in Rappahannock County are listed as being in moderate condition as of 9 a.m. this morning.
VDOT says motorists can expect to encounter the following road work and construction this coming week, Jan. 11-15, in Rappahannock County:
Nearly fifty people attended Monday night’s Board of Supervisors meeting at the Rappahannock County Elementary School to listen to the latest — and possibly last — public hearing on the provisional comprehensive plan.
Some might think being a school bus driver is no big deal, but seeing those kids every day, watching them and their siblings grow up over the years, and supporting them in different ways is very rewarding.
These are the school bus routes for the school year that starts Monday, August 24,2020. RCPS Families.
Deep cleaning, disinfecting now completed at Flatwood site
BOS Chair Smith: ‘I think I'll work on this resolution for a bit, and take it forward on my own once the planning bit is flushed out’
New traffic pattern on Route 211 will improve traffic flow
Despite its colossal impact, COVID-19 hasn’t postponed all progress in Rappahannock County.
The Virginia Department of Transportation will offset the left-turn lanes in both directions on Route 211 (Lee Highway) at Route 229 (Rixeyville Road) in Culpeper County starting next week.
If our community is going to emerge from this situation as a whole, I believe all of us need to come together and support each other to the best of our ability.
When UPS Driver Cliff Spengler put a post on Facebook recently about the volume of packages he was handling daily, dozens of people responded thanking him for his efforts.
Amanda Butler, RCPS School Nutrition Director, and cafeteria staff immediately went to work to ensure that none of the county youth would be hungry during the closure.
‘No one in our community is alone’
“Sixty-four percent — 16 of 25 cases… of the speed tickets — have been given to non-local drivers, drivers who are residents of the zip codes of at least 30 miles away from this location..."
The Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission has adopted the RRRC Active Transportation Plan, marking the first time that such a measure has been endorsed.
VDOT has finally made it official — signs posted on Routes 211 and 522 warn that large tractor-trailer trucks are now prohibited from using narrow Ben Venue Road unless they have a local purpose. Residents reached out to VDOT in 2018, complaining about the number of large trucks using the wi…
Rappahannock residents who for years have displayed a valid Virginia driver’s license for identification purposes when passing through airport security to board a domestic flight will no longer be able to do so beginning next year.
Update: The owner of the trailer has been located and says he has permission to park the trailers at the intersection.
Late Monday afternoon, County Administrator Garrey Curry received official word that the Commissioner of Highways, Stephen C. Brich, had approved the Board of Supervisors’ request that Ben Venue Road be restricted to through trucks.
Word just in: The pipe replacement project on Route 647 (Crest Hill Road) in Rappahannock County will continue this next week of March 4, meaning the road will be closed again.
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