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In Rural Virginia, Remote Schoolwork Is Powered by the Sun
Solar-powered internet hotspots in Louisa County, Virginia, help fill the void in internet access in rural areas. A…
October 29, 2020
Bankruptcy, Blackouts and Broken Broadband Promises
This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org.…
September 21, 2020
HHS Plan to Improve Rural Health Focuses on Better Broadband, Telehealth Services
Knowing it may be met with some skepticism, the Trump administration announced last week a sweeping plan that…
September 11, 2020
Employment, Education, Health Services Flow through Rural Counties’ Fiber
After a $50 million investment in a fiber-to-the-home network, two Eastern Kentucky counties are starting to reap benefits,…
December 6, 2019
SOAR At Six: Group’s Lofty Goals For Coal Country Meet Challenges On The Ground
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. In a conference hall in Pikeville, Kentucky, this September,…
September 20, 2019
How Kentucky Gambled for Hundreds of Millions of Dollars From a Broadband Program It Didn’t Qualify For
In the spring of 2015, KentuckyWired, the Bluegrass State’s ambitious plan to bring high-speed internet access into rural…
September 9, 2019