The Yurok Tribe received a $1.4 million USDA Rural Development Program High Energy Cost Grant to procure portable solar units for tribal homes that do not have access to grid electricity.
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The Yurok Tribe received a $1.4 million USDA Rural Development Program High Energy Cost Grant to procure portable solar units for tribal homes that do not have access to grid electricity.
Posted By Iridian Casarez on Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:47 PM click to enlarge Yurok Tribe The newly completed 150-foot tower bringing high-speed internet to one of the most remote parts of the Yurok Reservation. The Yurok Connect Broadband Project team finished installing a new 150-foot tower in Wautec yesterday, linking one of the remote parts of the Yurok Reservat...
Press release from the Yurok Tribe: The Yurok Tribe recently celebrated a major milestone in the Yurok Connect Broadband Project. Yesterday afternoon, the Yurok Connect team finished the installation of a new 150-foot tower in Wautec and linked the first customers to the high-speed internet service. Located in the most remote part of the Yurok Reservation, the tower is providing first-time internet access to dozens of families and several tribal elders. Yurok Tribal Council Member Mindy Natt and her son Andrew James Lewis V attended a grand opening celebration for the new Yurok Connect servic...