Local News

 Early voting for the state primary and county general elections will begin in Campbell County July 13. Voters will have until July 28, five days before Election Day, to cast a ballot.  Election Day is Aug. 2.

A possible fuel leak of an undisclosed origin has shut down operations at Twin Cove Marina in Caryville.

Currently local fire crews and the EPA are at the marina looking for the source of the leak. Travelers who arrived today looking for a long holiday have been sidelined as crews work to determine what happened.

For all the details read next week's LaFollette Press.

 Monday night, the LaFollette Utilities Board approved two interconnection agreements with Powell Valley Cooperative.

The board approved $700,000 to fund about seven miles of line work. The other agreement funds $367,000 for substation modification and lightning protection at the substation in Harrogate.

 Students participating in the 4-H Clothing and Textiles Club are probing the depths of their imagination with a thread and needle.