After School Arts Program offers students a chance to create

Thu., May. 23 - Art has many forms and even more advantages for young minds. Students learn the benefits of communication, exploration, imagination, along with cultural and historical understanding through the arts, according to those who teach it.

Stable tour offers insider view of area horse farms

Thu., May. 23 - There's license to be nosy this weekend during the annual Hunt Country Stable Tour. Visitors get carte blanche to plumb the depths of 10 of the region's most historic horse farms, visit the backstretch of the local training track and tour Middleburg's renowned sporting library, museum and agricultural research center.

Town of Culpeper taking applications for 2013 Citizens Academy

Thu., May. 23 - The Town of Culpeper has begun taking applications for its second annual Citizen’s Academy slated to begin in July, lasting seven weeks.

Police arrest three Culpeper men on drug charges

Tue., May. 21 - Information from the public based on a last week’s news release about nine recent heroin overdoses, including two deaths, in the region resulted in the arrest of three Culpeper men on drug charges early this morning.

Culpeper Police Seek Identity of Woman in Check Scam

Tue., May. 21 - Culpeper police are seeking the public’s help identifying a woman who presented an alleged counterfeit check at a local check-cashing service in early May.

Culpeper treasurer’s office receives award

Tue., May. 21 - For the ninth consecutive year, the Town of Culpeper Treasurer’s Office received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (CAFR) awarded by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).

Culpeper Mayor to hold quarterly town hall meetings

Mon., May. 20 - To better inform citizens and answer questions, Mayor Chip Coleman announced that he will begin hosting quarterly Town Hall Meetings starting this summer.

Police start seat belt enforcement

Fri., May. 17 - In Virginia in 2011, 16 people died in traffic accidents the first weekend in May. Almost half of those were not wearing seatbelts or did not properly restrain children passengers in safety seats

Man sought in scam arrested in Wisconsin

Fri., May. 17 - Once Culpeper police issued a public appeal to help identify a Charlottesville man who allegedly scammed Wal-Mart in March, it took less than two hours to identify him. However, it took almost two months to arrest him.