North Carolina’s member-owned broadband cooperatives connect more than 150,000 homes, farms and businesses in rural and suburban North Carolina. These are our stories.
9/13/2023 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – Governor Roy Cooper announced last week that CarolinaLink members, Wilkes Communications and Surry Communications, were recipients in the state’s first...
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8/24/2023 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Star Communications was a recipient of a $24.9 million ReConnect Grant to bring fiber optic delivere...
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7/10/2023 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – CarolinaLink members, FOCUS Broadband and Star Communications, received Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grants last week as part of...
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6/1/2023 12:00:00 AM
West Jefferson, NC – SkyLine Membership Corporation has announced its 2023 Frank James-SkyLine Scholarship Program winners, providing a total of $20,000 in scholarship awa...
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4/1/2023 12:00:00 AM
Liberty, NC – This year’s recipient for large business of the year goes to a business that NOT ONLY LISTENS TO ITS ...
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3/23/2023 12:00:00 AM
Shallotte, NC –FOCUS Broadband is pleased to announce that once again the company has been recognized as providing the “Best in Customer Service” in the Brunsw...
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3/17/2023 12:00:00 AM
Pender County, NC – FOCUS Broadband and Four County Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) are cooperatively working to bring high-speed internet service to unserved commun...
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3/13/2023 12:00:00 AM
Asheboro, N.C. – The National Telecommunications Association Awards are the highest recognition of individual achievement...
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12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM
Clinton, NC - The Board of Directors for Star Telephone Membership Corporation (STMC) announced today that Donna Bullard has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Execut...
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11/11/2022 12:00:00 AM
Dobson, NC - The Foundation for Rural Service (FRS), the philanthropic arm of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, today announced the recipients of 31 grants ...
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11/9/2022 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – This fall, Governor Cooper announced more than $260 million in NC GREAT Grant funding to provide internet access to rural communities across the state. The N...
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11/1/2022 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – In October, The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that AccessOn Networks is the recipient of a $17.5 million-dollar USDA ReConnect Gra...
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9/22/2022 12:00:00 AM
Robeson County and Scotland County, NC – FOCUS Broadband announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the cooperative a $24.6 million dollar ...
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9/6/2022 12:00:00 AM
Shallotte, NC – FOCUS Broadband announced today that the company will receive more than $26.8 million in grant funding through the latest round of 2022 Growing Rural Econo...
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8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – Governor Cooper announced this week that North Carolina Broadband Cooperative Coalition members, Zirrus and RiverStreet Networks, were selected to receive gr...
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7/20/2022 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – Governor Cooper announced this week that North Carolina Broadband Cooperative Coalition members, FOCUS Broadband and Zirrus, were selected as two of the firs...
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6/9/2022 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – Members of the North Carolina Broadband Cooperative Coalition (CarolinaLink) continue their work to bring high-speed internet to rural areas of the state by ...
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6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM
Dobson, NC – Surry Communications, a locally owned leader in telecommunications services, was recently awarded the contract by Surry County to construct a fiber-based...
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5/17/2022 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC - Five students from CarolinaLink member companies were recently awardedscholarships through the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS), an organization which supports r...
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5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – Members of the North Carolina Broadband Cooperative Coalition (CarolinaLink) continue their work to bring high-speed internet to rural areas of the state by ...
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4/25/2022 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – CarolinaLink, North Carolina’s Broadband Cooperative Coalition, recently presented a $50,000 check to UNC Children’s Hospital as part of their te...
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4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM
Duplin County, NC – FOCUS Broadband announced today that they are partnering with Four County Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) to bring fiber-optic delivered high-spe...
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1/21/2022 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC –Governor Roy Cooper recently appointed Keith Holden, FOCUS Broadband CEO and General Manager, to the North Carolina Underground Damage Review Board as the Tel...
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12/17/2021 12:00:00 AM
12/17/2021 12:00:00 AM
Asheboro, NC – Randolph Communications held their fifth annual Food Harvest Drive during the months of October and November, collecting non-perishable food items at t...
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12/3/2021 12:00:00 AM
10/7/2021 12:00:00 AM
Shallotte, NC - ATMC recently announced that the communications cooperative will soon begin a multi-year, $100 million-dollar construction project to replace all of its copper a...
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7/15/2021 12:00:00 AM
Duplin County, NC – Duplin County recently received a $5,000 grant from ATMC through the Building a New Digital Economy in NC (BAND-NC) grant program. The grant funds, won...
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6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM
Bennett, NC– Randolph Communications presented the Town of Bennett with a Smart Rural Community (SRC) si...
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6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM
Yadkinville, NC – Yadtel has announced that Ken Mills, chief operating officer, will assume the role of chief executive officer as of June 1, 2021, following the reti...
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5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM
Randolph County, NC –Randolph Communications has been recognized by NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, as a Gi...
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4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM
Davie County, NC - Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corp. has received a $1.9 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grant from the U.S Department of Commerce Economic Developm...
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4/6/2021 12:00:00 AM
Columbus County, NC – ATMC has announced that high-speed internet is now available in the first four phases of its ‘Faster Columbus’...
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2/26/2021 12:00:00 AM
Lenoir, NC – Blue Ridge Energy has begun the engineering and construction of fiber-optic infrastructure to bring high-speed internet to parts of northern Caldwell Cou...
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2/9/2021 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – CarolinaLink, North Carolina’s Broadband Cooperative Coalition, announced a $500,000 commitment and 10-year partnership with UNC Children’s Hospi...
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1/5/2021 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – CarolinaLink, North Carolina’s Broadband Cooperative Coalition, today released a list of highlights accomplished by their members throughout 2020. Caro...
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10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM
YADKINVILLE, NC – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $2.3 million to provide broadband serv...
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9/11/2020 12:00:00 AM
Pender County, NC – ATMC announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the cooperative a $21.6 million dollar grant to help fund its ‘Fa...
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9/10/2020 12:00:00 AM
Moore County, NC – Randolph Communications announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the cooperative a $2.3 million dollar grant to help f...
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9/8/2020 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – Governor Roy Cooper recently announced that ATMC was one of 5 recipients to receive additional GREAT Grant funding made available by the COVID-19 Recovery Ac...
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8/19/2020 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – Governor Roy Cooper announced today that ATMC was one of 8 recipients to receive funding through the second round of the NC GREAT Grant broadband program. AT...
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8/17/2020 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – CarolinaLink, North Carolina’s Broadband Cooperative Coalition, is highlighting the accomplishments of their members during Rural Broadband Week, which...
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8/17/2020 12:00:00 AM
Raleigh, NC – CarolinaLink, the policy advocacy group representing North Carolina’s seven communications cooperatives, announced today a re...
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7/24/2020 12:00:00 AM
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6/15/2020 12:00:00 AM
WEST JEFFERSON, N.C. – SkyLine/SkyBest has been selected by Avery County Schools as a single-source provider of the school system’s Wide Area Network (WAN). Wi...
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5/14/2020 12:00:00 AM
WILKES COUNTY, NC - We would like to first and foremost congratulate the entire Class of 2020 on their success throughout their educational journey. You deserve immense recognit...
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5/13/2020 12:00:00 AM
5/1/2020 12:00:00 AM
WEST JEFFERSON, NC -We are excited to announce a new round-up program that seeks to assist area non-profits that help those in need throughout our community, and we invite you, ...
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3/24/2020 12:00:00 AM
Dobson, NC – Surry Communications announced today that effective immed...
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1/16/2020 12:00:00 AM
1/1/2020 12:00:00 AM
12/11/2019 12:00:00 AM
Bolton, N.C. – Today, North Carolina Rural Development State Director Robert Hosford announced USDA has invested $7.9 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure t...
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11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM
CLINTON, N.C. – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy announced USDA has invested $2...
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10/25/2019 12:00:00 AM
Wilkesboro, NC – The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a federal grant to RiverStreet Networks in the amount of $1,933,204. The grant is part of the USDA’s Comm...
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3/6/2019 12:00:00 AM
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