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Better internet coming to FDL

The Fond du Lac reservation will soon catch up to the modern technology that surrounds them and which has been frustratingly just out of reach for many rural areas. Some 160 miles of high speed broadband main line fiber will be installed starting.

Biden-Harris administration mobilizes resources to connect tribal nations to reliable, high-speed internet

Eateries in despair | Gippsland Times

Liz Bell THURSDAY’S announcement of a snap lockdown across the state has cost local eateries tens of thousands of dollars in food wastage, and has resulted in the cancellation of functions and loss of staff working hours. There was little light at the end of the tunnel with the announcement yesterday that the initial five-day lockdown would be extended as COVID-19 cases and exposure sites continued to rise. As of deadline yesterday, Premier Daniel Andrews had not confirmed how long Victoria’s lockdown would be extended. Industry sources estimate the February five-day lockdown cost Victorian businesses $100 million in lost revenue and $30 million in food wastage.

Better internet coming? Not so fast

ILWACO — Better broadband internet service is likely to remain out of reach to many in Pacific County despite a multi-million dollar loan/grant award from the state, participants in a virtual meeting learned last week. The Pacific County Broadband Working Group, formed in 2019, met virtually on Dec. 22 to discuss recent, and future, local broadband developments. Broadband is an especially critical issue locally, as officials continue a years-long quest to bring better and more reliable internet service to one of the most rural counties in the state. Perhaps the most notable piece of news to come out of the meeting was the announcement that the Port of Ilwaco was offered a $3.31 million construction grant and loan — $612,000 in grant funding and $2.7 million in loan funding — from the Washington State Public Works Board. The port is one of just seven entities in the state, out of 30 applicants, to be offered state funding.

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