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SPOKANE, Wash. -- Providence partnered with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center to create a program that helps local teens cope with their feelings. The program aims to

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fastwyre Broadband, a leading fiber provider with reliable and affordable services across America, announced today that it has been awarded two U.S. Department of Agriculture grants totaling nearly $70 million to significantly upgrade the internet access in Western Alaska by connecting communities to a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network. The expansion project is expected to benefit an estimated 3,000 people and over 75 businesses in several

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also went deeper into detail on the application process to become a critical access hospital.

GRow 1000, a summer youth program in Grand Rapids, now features a professional development series called “GRow Further Fridays.”

In a day and age where elected officials are banning ethnic studies and attempting to further...

Utah received $24.4 million dollars from the federal government in transit money. UTA gets the bulk of that money to replace some diesel buses, while Park City Transit will make improvements to 72 bus stops. The money is particularly geared toward helping underserved communities.

President Biden said this week that high-speed internet is no longer a luxury but rather an “absolute necessity."

New funding will support birds and underserved communities in Indiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Residents in rural counties with limited access to high-speed internet cannot take advantage of increasingly popular online health services.

/PRNewswire/ -- Barbara Comstock, Executive Director of the American Consumer & Investor Institute, released the following statement after filing comments...