Westmoreland County baseball players have a new sports complex to call their own. According to Westmoreland News the 4 new ball fields opened last Saturday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Officials say there are some remaining tasks including addressing the limited amount of parking. That will require obtaining approvals from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality … Read more
Rappahannock Community College’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning will offer a creative writing course called “Robert Frost: Exploring the Heart and Mind of Man to Create Powerful Stories”. The course begins Tuesday, April 26 and runs for the following 2 Tuesdays in person on the Warsaw campus. Local author and artist Sarah Collins Honenberger will … Read more
Governor Glenn Youngkin signs an executive order which promotes recycling and encourages the creation and relocation of clean technology companies that are involved in recycling-related issues to the Commonwealth. The order calls on food manufacturers, grocery retailers, sports arenas, schools, hotels and banquet facilities to identify appropriate strategies to reduce food waste. It also directs … Read more
The Virginia Department of Social Services announced it will once again furnish an emergency allotment for its Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program this month. Benefits will be automatically loaded onto recipients’ Electronic Benefits Transfer cards on April 16. The enhanced SNAP benefit is made available through a public health emergency declaration that requires government agencies to … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health says more than 7 million residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since the campaign launched in late December 2020 That’s just over 81% of Virginia’s total population and more that 92% of the adult population, Close to 3 million have received their recommended booster or … Read more
Rezoning changes are approved by the the Lancaster County board of supervisors for two businesses along Irvington Road in the Pitmans Corner area. The Rappahannock Record reports residents voiced concerns the changes would be a detriment to what they consider a residential area but the changes went through as the county has designated it a … Read more
A Gloucester woman is wanted in King and Queen County for a probation violation on a felony.offense. Brittney Rae Coon is white, 5 foot 2 inches tall and 120 pounds. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. If you know where Brittney can be found get in touch with the King and Queen Sheriff’s Office. … Read more
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative names Doug King has Director of Cyber & Information Security Officer. King will provide leadership and oversight of REC’s Cyber & Information Security which includes protections against cyberattacks. Bret Elliott is the cooperative’s new Director of IT Infrastructure & Networking and he is responsible for ensuring REC’s systems are available and optimized … Read more
A Rappahannock Community College student wins a $1,000 prize from a New York City-based book publisher. Mary Margaret Fanning of Westmoreland County won the 2021 Norton Writer’s Prize for a student attending a 2-year college or university. Fanning says it was her RCC ethics professor who nominated her for the award. She graduates next month … Read more
The Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society invites you to a virtual meeting on Saturday for a roundtable discussion at which participants will have a chance to share queries and details about their family research. There will be an opportunity to discuss resources and research techniques that have been used successfully as well as … Read more