More traffic summons are being issued in Richmond County, Sheriff Stephan Smith revealed this month.

Richmond County fattened EMS paychecks across the board to make it more attractive for medical providers to stay on the job.

Freida Austin Johnson joins the A. T. Johnson Museum Leadership Team, bringing her expertise as the retired Assistant Director of the Prototype Project at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.  Johnson and her team were instrumental in designing a space for a variety of innovative p…

The Montross branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library will likely be feeling a bit of a chill for the next couple of days even in the midst of the heat wave. Barbara Maines, the chief librarian, has retired after serving at the library for 37 years. Her departure from the library …

Ahh, the speed limit sign, that little white rectangle, telling us how fast we are allowed to take our vehicles down a particular stretch of road. Some see it as law (which it is), while others tend to take it as, Pirates of the Caribbean character Captain Barbossa would say, “more like guid…

Warsaw is making safety moves by installing three security cameras at the corner of Belleville and Main and adding children at play signs to town streets.

Monday morning the Virginia Health Department reported 40 cases of Covid-19 in Northumberland County. That was a jump from 37 at the end of the prior week. The county may see even more cases by the end of this week as a result of the first broad testing for the disease in the county which wa…

If Virginia puts up $3.9 million, Northumberland, Westmoreland, King George and Richmond County could have 100 percent broadband coverage within the next several years.

The case that surrounds Colonial Beach Councilman Stephen Cirbee, who had been charged with assault on a law enforcement officer back in June of 2019, has continued for the better part of a year, and will resume in November.

Unfortunately, thousands of drunk, speeding and reckless drivers kept Virginia State Police busy and put countless lives at risk during the 2020 July 4th holiday weekend across the Commonwealth. Preliminary reports indicate nine individuals, to include a 4-year-old child, died during the hol…

“Pay as much as you can as soon as you can,” Jackson Hewitt franchisee Vickie Lemon urges last-minute and late tax filers.

The age of St. Johns Street has created another unforeseen issue in the midst of Warsaw’s stormwater project, but town manager Joseph Quesenberry thinks the town will be able to avert the six-figure price tag to resolve it.

The Lancaster County Broadband Authority is pushing forward with its multi-prong approach in the pursuit for broadband funding, and will be applying for state and federal grants at the same time.

Colonial Beach Town Council came to a consensus to remove the playground equipment at CastleWood Park. This happened during the latest work session as they discussed parking at the far end of the Point area in town.

Over the last several years, there has been quite the boom in various plans for solar power facilities at various spots all along the Northern Neck, most notably with the plant cooked up by Dominion a couple of years back just outside of Montross, across from the A.T. Johnson building. Last …

Shawanna Harcum, a native of Northumberland County is resigning from Northumberland County Circuit Court as Master Chief Deputy Clerk. She has been employed with the Circuit Court for 13 years after being hired in 2007. She graduated with honors in 2002 from Northumberland High School then a…

Governor Ralph Northam today ceremonially signed landmark offshore wind legislation and led a delegation of legislators, industry members, and stakeholders to tour the ongoing construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind demonstration project located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia …

Back at the start of the year, those in the Northern Neck received the sad news of the passing of their resident VDOT engineer, Mr. McKeever, during the Holiday season. For a bit of the time after, Alvin Balderson took over until a permanent replacement could be found. Once March rolled arou…

Although declining real estate assessments will mean less income from taxes in the coming fiscal year, Northumberland County’s Board of Supervisors adopted a budget that will increase spending by $172,661 over the current year’s expenditures.

The saga of the new water system for Montross has been a long one. Over the course of the last year, the focus had been on getting enough surveys turned in so that the town could qualify for extra-low-interest loans and grants.

It’s been a recurring theme through the year ever since the Coronavirus paid us a visit: various functions and get-togethers get cancelled over concerns about the virus. At the June Montross Town Council meeting, the Fall Festival was up for an update from the town manager, Patricia Lewis.

In the June 23 primary elections, Vangie Williams carried 14 of 21 localities in Virginia’s First District but still lost to Qasim Rashid for the party’s nomination for election to the House of Representatives in November. She carried Northumberland handily, 456 to 238 although problems with…

Kilmarnock residents ousted every town council member running for reelection this year, replacing half of the six-person body. Ahead of the transition, incumbent and newly elected town officials have gone on record airing their emotions and making clarifications aiming to address what’s true…