Culpeper Times

06/02/2026

Culpeper County Sheriff Tim Chilton says recent investigations by local, regional and federal law enforcement partners have resulted in significant drug seizures

Culpeper County Sheriff Tim Chilton says recent investigations by local, regional and federal law enforcement partners have resulted in significant drug seizures tied to Culpeper County, including approximately 35,000 fentanyl

06/02/2026

The proposed Joshua Falls-to-Yeat transmission line would span approximately 115 miles from Campbell County to Culpeper County and include a new substation near Richardsville.

Dominion Energy officials defended the proposed Valley Link transmission project before the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors on May 19, arguing that rising electricity demand driven largely by data center

05/30/2026

NEWS ALERT: The owner of Zandra's Taqueria in downtown Culpeper reports the restaurant is a total loss following a Saturday morning fire.

The owner of Zandra's Taqueria in downtown Culpeper reports the restaurant is a total loss following a Saturday morning fire.

05/29/2026

UPDATE: The NTSB is now investigating this morning's mass casualty motor coach crash, with first responders describing a fiery and "devastating" scene.

Five people were killed in a multi-vehicle vehicle crash involving a bus Friday morning on Interstate 95 in Stafford County.

05/28/2026

Warrenton police have determined no crime was committed when what appeared to be a racially-charged sign was placed outside the Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County, according to Warrenton Police Deputy Chief Scott Arnold.

05/28/2026

Del. Joshua Cole, D-Fredericksburg, never expected social media posts about a recreational drug would inspire a new consumer protection law, which he sponsored and was approved by Gov. Abigail Spanberger last month.

05/25/2026

Several sources cite Warrenton as the first place a soldier’s grave was decorated with flowers, all the way back on June 3, 1861.

Memorial Day is widely accepted to have begun in 1868 when the holiday was first widely observed as Decoration Day. It was established by proclamation of Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic to commemorate the ultimate sacrifice made by hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Civil....

05/23/2026

Drivers across the DMV are heading into Memorial Day weekend with gas prices above $4 a gallon as record holiday travel pushes fuel demand higher across the region.

05/22/2026

A Sumerduck man was arrested Tuesday and accused of illegally capturing and attempting to sell a juvenile fox, according to a Fauquier County Sheriff's Office release.

05/22/2026

A 42-year-old Stafford County woman faces child abuse and endangerment charges after her 2-month-old baby died after being left in a parked car in Spotsylvania County.