Page 6 - Reconnect Program News Today

WASHINGTON (WJHL) — Federal funding is heading to Southwest Virginia for expanding broadband internet access. U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced that $25 million in funding from the Department of Agriculture was awarded to Scott County Telephone Cooperative. The funding will be used to expand broadband to more than 17,000 residents, 1,018 businesses, […]

Thousands of homes in three eastern N.C. counties will gain access to fiber-optic internet with a nearly $25 million federal grant. Here are the details.

The White House announced $677 million in grants and loans for high-speed internet service in rural areas of 22 states and the Marshall Islands. With the fourth round of funding, the USDA has put $3.1 billion into 179 rural broadband projects through its ReConnect program in less than two years.

US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has unveiled nearly $700 million in funding for rural and remote broadband.

Residents of an eastern Arkansas county received news Monday about improving digital access to their homes, schools and farms.

If you live in rural America, your Internet access can still be hard to come by. States can change the situation.

The Annual Agriculture Summit was held on Monday, August 7 at the Central Pennsylvania Institute and it featured discussions about broadband, the Farm Bill and other technological advances for the future of farming.

U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at protecting the agricultural industry from cyberattacks.

The decision left students and parents worried about loan payments restarting while critics cheered the order as voiding a taxpayer giveaway.

U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at protecting the agricultural industry from cyberattacks.