Source: Shelby Harris, CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, 8/8/22


Internet access is officially on its way to nearly 2,000 homes in Western North Carolina that currently lack a stable connection. Two months after pledging American Rescue Plan Act funds to finance broadband expansion, Clay and Avery counties were officially awarded funding through North Carolina’s Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology, or GREAT, grant.

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