Embarq, the telephone company for about half of Rappahannock County, has proposed a plan to bring high speed Internet service to the Flint Hill and Huntly areas, but it would require the county to share the $311,700 cost of upgrading Embarq’s equipment.

Veteran journalist Mary Ann Kuhn is returning to the editor’s chair of The Rappahannock News, the newspaper announced.

The Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors will hear citizens’ views Monday on a proposed $22 million county budget that would raise the tax rate on real estate by one cent per $100, or 1.7 percent.

Melissa Estremara of Amissville wanted high-speed broadband Internet service at her home and paid $795 in advance to have it installed, but after waiting weeks for installation, she fears she has become a victim of a scam.

The Virginia Department of Transportation this week reduced the speed limit on a stretch of U.S. 211 in Rappahannock County.