Cold weather couldn’t break the spirits of 32 students who traveled to Graves Mountain Lodge on March 25-26 for the Virginia Institute on Cooperative Education, better known as VICE. After learning about their personality types, students participated in a team...
My fingers ached for days. But I suppose that’s what you get when you try to stretch a 10-foot-long, chain-link fence beyond any reasonable bound. Let me back up. On March 5, more than 100 volunteers from electric cooperatives in 25 states participated in the 14th...
Electric cooperatives were out in force on 2022 Legislative Day, as representatives of co-ops from across Virginia converged on the state capital to advocate for policies that will benefit their members. About 65 cooperative directors, managers and key staffers worked...
Electric cooperatives had strong participation on Jan. 13 at the Virginia Agribusiness Council’s Legislative Appreciation Banquet, a major event timed to coincide with the start of the General Assembly session. Cooperative officials and staffers occupied several...
Electric cooperatives are a huge part of a record amount of broadband grants and financing as they continue to make headway into closing the digital divide in Virginia. The cooperatives and their wholly-owned subsidiaries account, in various forms, for some $250...
