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Staci Avery and Jennifer Scarbrough join First Community Bank of Batesville.
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Staci Avery and Jennifer Scarbrough join First Community Bank of Batesville.
A U.S. Senate subcommittee recently heard from broadband leaders regarding the challenges facing broadband in rural communities, with lawmakers and industry representatives acknowledging access is essential for economic development and individual needs.
An Aug. 22 Arkansas Business article failed to include an important piece of information about federal broadband grants.
The U.S. Treasury has approved Arkansas' plan to use $47.5 million of the federal American Rescue Plan's Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund to serve an estimated 5,500 homes and businesses through the Arkansas Rural Connect grant program to provide high-speed internet to locations that lack access to adequate service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Tuesday.
Arkansas is one of the five latest states to obtain the U.S. Treasury Department’s approval of its plan to invest the federal American Rescue Plan Coronavirus Capital Projects funding in broadband infrastructure projects, the department announced Tuesday morning.