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...construction."Garrett said funding for the project started with a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Service. The microwave network first delivered broadband to Kasaan. It now provides service from Metlakatla to Skagway...
...said.The meetings will also cover rural housing, land management, rural economic and community development and rural utilities - electric, telecommunications, solid waste, sewer and water.The USDA plans to involve the federal agencies Rural...
...an extension of around 30 already there. This equipment and installation comes free as part of a grant from the Rural Utility Service under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The $6.3 million spent from the grant is to provide broadband...
...that it has received a $7.5 million grant from the Rural Utility Service under the American Recovery and Reinvestment...installation costs," Georghiou said. Douglas said the Rural Utility Service allows the government to subsidize installation...
...Agriculture has awarded distance learning and telemedicine grants to two Alaska health organizations. The agency's Rural Utilities Service sent a $500,000 grant to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. The consortium provides direct telemedicine...
...help with high energy costs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the money is being distributed through its Rural Utilities Service. Many remote Alaska communities would be eligible for the grant funds, said Allan Yost, the service's...
...Industrial Development and Export Authority, said unless some funds are found soon, it could be a matter of weeks until rural utility companies stop getting paid. ``There are still checks going out now,'' Simmons said. ``The checks will probably...
...project developer, Kootznoowoo, to find money. Thursday, they learned of grant funding from a federal program, Rural Utility Service Electric Program through the Department of Agriculture, which offers a maximum $5 million per project. She...
...large size threshold and the proposed exemptions for electrical co-ops and local government operated utilities, rural utilities would be exempt from the requirement to meet this standard. However, Alaska's renewable energy developers could...
...Telecommunications and Information Administration, an arm of the Commerce Department, and $2.5 billion to be awarded by the Rural Utilities Service, part of the Agriculture Department. Demand for the broadband money has been intense - far outstripping...