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MANCHIN ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $1.2 BILLION FOR WEST VIRGINIA BROADBAND PROJECTS

JUNE 26, 2023 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced $1,210,800,969.85 in federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). This funding was allocated based on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) broadband coverage maps that Senator Manchin has been challenging Read More…

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Calhoun is Part of a $17 Million Phase I Project for Hi-Speed Internet

Governor Jim Justice has announced seven counties in central West Virginia are receiving grant funding to install broadband and high speed internet. The more than $17 million Phase 1 project awarded to the Roane County Economic Development Authority (RCEDA) is funded by the new Gig-Ready grant, which is earmarked from federal American Rescue Plan Act Read More…