A local historical group is documenting the African American presence in this county from its founding in 1759 to the Jim ...

If we don’t pass these stories down, they won’t know and won’t care and because we don’t enough, is one of the reasons I feel ...

Several communities across the state are celebrating the 200th year anniversary of a French general’s farewell tour through North Carolina, now through next month.

Also: A starry revival of Ibsen’s “Ghosts,” the guitar god Jack White, the great Ukrainian photographer Boris Mikhailov, and ...

History is filled with great people who have done great things. Locally, we often hear the names of men such as Martin McLeod, the Hutchinson Brothers, or Alonzo Brown – people who played ...

The true Jeremiah Johnson likely falls somewhere between the blood-soaked avenger of legend and the more nuanced historical ...

The Fauquier Excellence in Education Foundation has opened applications for its 2025 Educator Professional Development Grant cycle. The program, a longstanding initiative of the nonprofit since its ...

Fauquier Juneteenth, a local nonprofit that aims to honor and celebrate African culture and experience, announced the launch ...

Wood County was created by a legislative act Feb. 5, 1850, 175 years ago this week. The act appointed five commissioners: Gilbert Yarbrough, Joseph Fisher, George Greer, Henry Stout (pictured) and ...

Family members of people deported or forced to leave during the Mexican repatriation of the 1930s have for decades urged the country to pay attention to this little known episode of history.

Hours later their lives were torn apart - changed in an instant. Fast forward 24 years and our city has once again hit the headlines after yet another appalling and senseless knife killing.