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The Killeen City Council officially swore in two new members and elected a new mayor pro tem on Tuesday night. Councilmember Steve Harris will retain his District 4 seat until that race is settled either by recount or by a new election. At present, the election is tied with Harris and challenger Michael Boyd receiving 181 votes apiece. The canvass board, composed of Councilmembers Ken Wilkerson and Rick Williams, presented the ordinance, which showed 2,583 votes were cast in the May 1 election and listed the official vote tallies for each candidate. When Mayor Jose Segarra called for the vote...

Great Plains Communications is now rolling out fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and business connectivity with gigabit-speed broadband service to seven Nebraska areas, including North Bend and Creighton, utilizing funding from the 2020 CARES Act. CEO Todd Foje says this will allow for more operate from home capabilities in those towns. Foje goes more in depth about the [...]

Share: Blair, Nebraska, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blair, Nebraska, April 21, 2021 — Great Plains Communications (GPC), a growing Midwestern regional telecommunications provider, is now rolling out fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and business connectivity with gigabit-speed broadband service to seven Nebraska areas utilizing funding from the 2020 CARES Act. Approximately 4,800 homes and businesses in the Callaway, Creighton, Deshler, Gordon, North Bend, Red Cloud and Sutherland communities will be able to sign up for gigabit broadband internet, GPC iTV video streaming service and GPC Wh...

Great Plains Communications Extends FTTH, Business Services to Seven Rural Nebraska Communities Share Great Plains Communications Blair, Nebraska--Great Plains Communications (GPC), a growing Midwestern regional telecommunications provider, is rolling out fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and business connectivity with gigabit-speed broadband service to seven Nebraska areas utilizing funding from the 2020 CARES Act. Approximately 4,800 homes and businesses in the Callaway, Creighton, Deshler, Gordon, North Bend, Red Cloud and Sutherland communities will be able to sign up for gigabit broadband interne...

After years of discussion — and rejection — of developer impact fees, the Killeen City Council is set to renew that discussion. At its Tuesday workshop, the council heard two presentations — one in public hearing and the other in the discussion items section — from City Public Works Director Danielle Singh. Both presentations dealt with impact fees, about which the city is hosting a public hearing next Tuesday, March 9. Charged to developers and builders, water and wastewater impact fees help municipalities recoup costs of building roads and infrastructure up to new develo...