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N.C. State Extension announced that Anika Parks is completing an extension internship this summer with the Forsyth County Center.
An extension summer intern works with extension personnel to deliver hands-on, educational programs. Job shadowing and mentoring help interns learn about the mission and work of North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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Historic Körnerâs Folly, 413 S. Main St. in Kernersville presents Plein Air Painting from 9 to 11:30 a.m. June 19. This event is part of the Körnerâs Folly Victorian Parlor Series, a quarterly educational and entertaining program focusing on the culture of the Victorian era, offering participants hands-on experience of life in this time.
Santee Cooper is ready to offer broadband on its extra lines
May 29, 2021
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MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) Santee Cooper is taking applications from companies that want to use its extra fiber and transmission lines to bring broadband internet to rural areas.
The state-owned utility said it has 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) of extra lines, many in the most rural areas of South Carolina that currently don’t have broadband access.
Santee Cooper won’t provide the service directly, but is asking companies that want to apply to offer broadband to visit its website.
The utility’s board agreed to the program last month after legislators passed a bill late in 2020 allowing the utility to join with private companies on the project. The need for broadband all over the state came to the forefront after schools closed their buildings and went to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas, left, and Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, right, talk before a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Lucas and Massey are both on a conference committee that will try to work on a compromise on a bill to reform state-owned utility Santee Cooper. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File).
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A powerful group of South Carolina House and Senate leaders met Wednesday, pledging to take differences in each chamber s proposal to overhaul state-owned utility Santee Cooper to their members before getting together again next week to vote on a compromise.
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The following is a contributed article by Landon Stevens, Director of Policy & Advocacy, and Mark Pischea, President & CEO, at the Conservative Energy Network.
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