Lewis County Student Returns from Washington D.C.

Meriwether Lewis' group has returned home from a successful Washington Youth Tour after seven student delegates and two chaperones spent a full week at the nation's capital.

The Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association, MLEC and other electric cooperatives from across the state sponsor the annual event and provide an all-expenses paid, once-in-a-lifetime trip to Washington D.C. for high school juniors. Students were selected by writing a short story titled "Electric Cooperatives Connect" explaining how co-ops link Tennessee communities with energy, education, broadband, economic development...