Record breaker Junior Brent of Lancaster won first place at the 2026 Virginia State Fair for his giant watermelon. Brent’s ...

Surf’s up The recent nor’easter brought winds, rain, waves and storm tides to the lower Northern Neck. Several roads and ...

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REEDVILLE—Dr. Frank “D9” DiGiovanni of Reedville has announced his candidacy for the District 5 seat on the Northumberland ...

As the result of pushback from neighbors and supervisors, a plan to use a Mifarm Road property for large gatherings was withdrawn by the owner, Valerie Jones, following a public hearing at the Thur 24 ...

Rob Hedelt When visitors arrive Saturday, October 3, at Lawson Bay Farm in White Stone for Boots and Barbecue, the Northern Neck Land Conservancy’s annual celebration of land conservation efforts in ...

RICHMOND—A dense, annual-blooming marine algae species is causing a “red tide” in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Rappahannock River and elsewhere. Health officials say the bloom is not harmful ...

Valdrighi In high school cross country, Rappahannock and Westmoreland won both the girls and boys meets at Lancaster by ...

Over 100 yogis gathered recently at YMCA/APYC Camp Kekoka for the 17th annual Kekoka Yoga Retreat. The three-day retreat raised almost $30,000 for camper scholarships. The theme this year was “Empower ...

Valdrighi The Lancaster High School homecoming football game has been rescheduled to October 24 when the Red Devils will host ...

LaDonna Hale Curzon If you live in or around Kilmarnock, you have probably seen overhead a cherry red, aerobatic plane, sometimes leaving a trail of white smoke, doing loops and barrel rolls. More ...

The Bay Buffet  If 40 years of steering folks across the Chesapeake Bay and its twisting tributaries has taught me anything, it’s that Mother Nature has a sense of humor. Just when you think your air ...