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Late last month, Lillian Freeman Aylor wrote to thank the Rappahannock News for its story surrounding a historical highway marker that will be erected this summer at the former Washington Rosenwald School for African Americans on Piedmont Avenue.
Rappahannock News editor John McCaslin won Best in Show for non-daily photography in the Virginia Press Association competition for excellence in journalism and advertising during 2018.
Reading the respectful obituaries of Russell Baker, who died at 93 last week, reminded us that this exemplar of journalism — a wry columnist who both humanized the editorial pages of The New York Times for 36 years and served as gracious host of “Masterpiece Theater” on PBS — started his lif…
The Virginia House of Delegates has gaveled in the 2019 General Assembly Session, reaching a historic milestone of 400 years of uninterrupted lawmaking for the people of Virginia. Formally the House of Burgesses, the House of Delegates is the the oldest continuously elected lawmaking body in…
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Partly cloudy this evening then becoming cloudy with periods of freezing drizzle after midnight. Low 26F. Winds light and variable.
Tonight
Partly cloudy this evening then becoming cloudy with periods of freezing drizzle after midnight. Low 26F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow
A mix of rain and freezing rain in the morning. Light rain in the afternoon. High 41F. Winds light and variable. Chance of precip 80%.
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