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Giving NEWSDAY
Foothills Forum family: We’ve got big news to share, an ongoing opportunity for community supporters, a peek ahead and a warm reminder of our county’s generosity of holiday spirit. More reporting on Rappahannock’s future The Rappahannock News will host a full-time...
Opioids, toxic chemicals, recycling & more
Our joint regional reporting project in the Piedmont got off to a good start Aug. 29 with the publication of Randy Rieland's reporting on the ripple effects of the nationwide opioid crisis felt here in our own back yard. The series, with interactive graphics and...
Keeping news in Rappahannock alive
It's been a good week for those engaged in local news in Rappahannock County. There's nothing like a dose of participation and a little well-deserved recognition. On Thursday, three Foothills Forum directors attended a Washington Post/Knight Foundation Live event at...
A Better Connected RCPS
This is the kind of patient, diligent leadership Rappahannock County relies on to get things done on broadband....
A Piedmont gentleman’s reality check for journalists
Reading the respectful obituaries of Russell Baker, who died at 93 this 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...
Annual meeting: Exceptionally talented, exceptionally kind
Doing the kind of “work” we do, it doesn’t take much to find real inspiration. On the morning of our fun and spirited annual meeting last Friday, as I mulled what I might say later on, I pulled up the latest Local Fix — the weekly massive from our friends Josh Stearns...
Looking for what matters to Rappahannock
I showed up on a rainy Monday from Ohio to spend the summer here in Rappahannock as a Foothills Forum fellow and special reporter for the Rapp News. I am in every way an outsider. But a curious one hoping to find the stories that matter to residents of this county and the voices that we don’t often hear.
Friday Night at the Movies
On Friday, June 22 we're excited to cohost with our friends at RAAC a cool RAAC TalkBack "twin bill": "The Post," the Academy Award-nominated film starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. The 2017 film delves into the Washington Post's (and New York Times') high stakes...
What we follow (and why)
When we got the email this week from the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) sharing the richly detailed case study on the growth of VT Digger – Vermont’s nonprofit news success – it triggered several reactions. The first was to learn more about the remarkable founder,...
Best in Show indeed
The Rappahannock News once again firmly established its presence in Short Pump last weekend at the annual conference of the Virginia Press Association (VPA). For the second year in a row, the News was recognized with a prestigious "Best in Show" honor -- this time for...
