📺 Hardin Local Weekly · This Week

🔴 LIVE Today at 1 PM: It's Hardin County Fair Week

Join us live Tuesday at 1 PM on Facebook and YouTube. Jon runs down every night of the Hardin County Fair plus the rest of the week's events, Rachel breaks down the post-holiday housing market, and Nate's Business Buzz rolls on with a pre-recorded update while he travels: the new Kroger Marketplace opening this week, Wellness City, Burger 21 and more. Plus a first look at our Best of Hardin County contest and an election series update. Can't watch live? The same links have the replay right after the show.

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🍺 Business Spotlight

Inside HubHaus: The E-Town Spot Built for Families

HubHaus started with three friends and a garage full of homebrew. Now it is a restaurant, brewery, and arcade under one roof on Main Street in downtown Elizabethtown. Rachel sat down with co-owner Nick Garrett for the whole story. Mention Hardin Local this week for a complimentary draft with food.

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Hardin Local Independence Day Events Guide 2026, compiled by Nate Bryan

🇺🇸 Independence Day Guide

Your Hardin County Fourth of July Weekend, All in One Place

Nate Bryan rounded up every Independence Day celebration we could confirm across the county — parades, cookouts, live music and fireworks shows from Vine Grove and Sonora to Radcliff, Fort Knox and Elizabethtown. Organized by day and by town so you can plan the whole weekend in one tab, with a nod to America's 250th.

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America turns 250 — Hardin Local 2026 election coverage and voter guide

🗳️ Elections 2026

America Turns 250 and Hardin County Gets a Voter Guide

There are 68 candidates in contested Hardin County races this November, and every one gets the same free offer: a non-partisan interview, same questions per race, no spin. See who has already said yes, who we are still waiting on, and why the registration deadline just moved to July 15.

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Candidates: register free at hardinlocal.com/elections/register (2 minutes, deadline July 15).

⚽ Following the Cup

USA Is in the World Cup, and It's on Home Soil

Team USA opened with a 4 to 1 win in the first ever 48 team World Cup. Read our plain English guide to how the new format works, then follow along on our live tracker with USA's next match, the standings, and the bracket taking shape.

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Hardin Local Weekly: LIVE at HubHaus (S2026E27)

Hardin Local Weekly goes LIVE at HubHaus in Elizabethtown

Hardin Local Weekly went live from HubHaus: the VA clinic, Wawa, the full 4th of July lineup, a family brewery's story, and a housing market finally giving buyers choices.

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🏛 Events

Hardin County 4th of July Weekend Events 2026

Three nights of fireworks, a tennis tradition at Freeman Lake, and a Huey ride over the memorial, Jon O'Brien maps out Hardin County's Fourth of July weekend.

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💼 Business Buzz

Hardin County Business Buzz: VA Clinic, Wawa & More

Nate Bryan's roundup of the week's Hardin County business news, from the new VA clinic near Ring Road to Wawa, Kroger, and a rebrand at Suntan City.

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🏠 Housing

Hardin County Housing Market Update — June 2026

With 416 active homes and inventory up 23 percent, Hardin County has shifted to a balanced market, Rachel Brantingham breaks down what it means by price point.

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🍴 Experienced Eater

HubHaus Review: Brisket Poppers, Reuben & More

Hardin Local ate live at HubHaus in downtown Elizabethtown. Brisket jalapeno poppers, a standout Reuben, and onion rings you can hear, plus a complimentary-beer offer this week.

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