by Ireland Hayes | Oct 14, 2026 | Education, People, Sidebar
Learn about growing enrollment, funding challenges Over a dozen community, business and nonprofit leaders from Rappahannock County toured the Skills Trade Center at Laurel Ridge Community College in Warrenton, where demand for trade and workforce training continues to...
by Bob Hurley | Oct 14, 2026 | Environment, People, Sidebar, Top Story
A soft breeze moves through the flower gardens surrounding Howard Coon’s Castleton home. Late afternoon sunlight falls on lilies, coneflowers and greenery that his wife, Jules, spent decades nurturing. Wildflowers now grow above the spot where her family wrapped her...
by Ireland Hayes | Oct 3, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
DNA retest delays trial Chester Brown said in court last Friday that he is in over his head preparing for his upcoming murder trial without a lawyer, and said he wants one back on the case. “I’m overwhelmed,” Brown told Rappahannock County Circuit Court Judge...
by Randy Rieland | Sep 30, 2026 | Features, Fire/Rescue, People, Sidebar, Top Story
Ann Spieker has been answering fire and rescue calls in Rappahannock County for a long time. So long, in fact, that back in the day, she rode in the back of a station wagon equipped with just a cot. “Yep, I’d be sitting back with the patient on the cot, and I’d be...
by foothillsforum | Sep 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo to the 2026 Community Photo Contest, sponsored by the Rappahannock News and Foothills Forum. Here are all of the entries to this year’s contest: 1st Place, ‘T-Bone and His Ladies’ 2nd Place, Best...
