Headlines in this week's Rappahannock News, on newsstands, mailboxes and (and inboxes) through next Wednesday: 6.5-percent increase in budget: done || Recycling options to expand || The Rapp for June 6 || All is wellness at new Little Washington Spa || A tournament for the Inn’s ‘Tournant’ chef || Editorial: Bad news from Big Washington || and more . . .

As residents of Loudoun, the Earlys enjoy giving back to the community, and they see The Lakehouse as an ideal place to accomplish that task.

After working quickly through a final round of $158,747 in cuts, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors approved a $22.24 million budget for 2013-2014 at their monthly meeting Monday afternoon (June 3).

Tammy Lynn Atkins, the Washington woman hired to care for an ailing former mayor of Washington in 2011, pleaded guilty to six felony counts of embezzlement Thursday morning (June 6) in Rappahannock County Circuit Court.

Rappahannock County’s recycling options will be expanding shortly, as the board of supervisors approved a decision to continue and grow the county’s partnership with Updike Industries at its meeting Monday afternoon (June 3).

Washington’s newest addition isn’t another restaurant or bed and breakfast. Instead, it’s the first of its kind within the town’s borders – the Little Washington Wellness & Spa.

The many "to-do" options available this weekend, when and where to admire the Castleton Artists in Training (for free), checking in with the award-winning Knights of Columbus council at St. Peter's, and what to do on SNP's Neighbor's Day (June 18) in this week's Rapp column.

Daniel Gorman, the 26-year-old “Tournant” chef at the Inn at Little Washington, is the mid-Atlantic regional winner in the national “2013 Best Young Chef” competition sponsored by the Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs.

When the more approachable and courtly Robert Hurt became Rappahannock County’s representative to Congress, many here rejoiced. For he was not Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who was our representative until the 5th District was gerrymandered even more than it already had been. But it's "the same old, same old."

Awards were handed out to student athletes and others at Rappahannock County Public Schools’ spring sports award ceremonies last Tuesday (May 28) and two Wakefield seniors win the school's prestigious Leonard Cowherd award in this week's School News.