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Fairfield firefighters detain arson and burglary suspect Christopher Ali is charged with arson and burglary. (Source: Jefferson Co. Sheriff's Office) By WBRC Staff | May 6, 2021 at 10:17 AM CDT - Updated May 6 at 10:17 AM FAIRFIELD, Ala. (WBRC) - Fairfield firefighters held a man suspected of arson and burglary until Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies were able to arrive on the scene. Firefighters were returning to the station the morning of May 5 after putting out an earlier fire when they noticed a fire inside an enclosed porch of another home in the 500 block of Court B. They sto...

President Joe Biden is betting $100 billion he can deliver a lifeline to rural America, and a boost to the economy overall, by making high-speed internet available to all Americans.

Mar 23, 2021 4:00 AM PT A Big Bang of cash is needed to bring rural Americans into the Information Age, according to a report released Monday by a Washington, D.C. think tank. Nearly one-in-five rural Americans don't have broadband Internet access, but that could change with the use of carefully targeted subsidies through a process known as a reverse auction, noted the report by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. "If we do a one-time, large infusion of funds focused on covering the capital expenditures to build new networks where they don't exist and make significant upgrades...

Copyright 2021 NCPR. To see more, visit NCPR. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: More than 14 million Americans do not have high-speed Internet, which is something the Biden administration wants to change. The problem is it's not exactly clear where the dead zones are. Here's North Country Public Radio's Emily Russell. EMILY RUSSELL, BYLINE: Wini Martin lives in the tiny town of Thurman, N.Y., in the Adirondack Mountains. It's as rural as you can get. There's no gas station or grocery store here. She's standing by the side of the road with her grandson. WINI MARTIN: Miles, just pay attention. Just don't ...

Ket4up/ThinkstockPhotos Places that don't have broadband are shown as having broadband, problem spans farmland, mountains and areas just beyond suburbs. Bloomberg | Apr 05, 2021 By Todd Shields and Rebecca Kern Federal maps show R. Clay Jackson’s beef cattle farm in rural Madison County, Virginia, is awash in broadband -- a designation that likely rules it out of President Joe Biden’s push to connect all Americans to fast internet service. “The assessment is incorrect,” Jackson, owner of Senterfitt Farms and chairman of the Madison County Board of Supervisors...