With the help of Firefly Fiber Broadband. Powhatan County continues to make strong progress toward extending high-speed internet coverage to all its residents and businesses. On Sept. 14, U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, and Virginia...
In honor of Patriot Day, Sept. 11, 2021, Northern Neck Electric Cooperative donated a piece of critical IT equipment to Upper Lancaster Volunteer Fire Department. A member of the NNEC IT team, Ryan Barrack, who also volunteers at the department, installed the device...
With the help of instructor J.T. Jacobs, Shanoa Wright of Louisa County High School operates a hot stick at the Girl Power Camp. (Photo By: Jim Robertson) Eleven high school girls got a taste of what it’s like to be an electric utility lineworker at the first Girl...
The event, at the Gaylord National Resource & Convention Center on the banks of the Potomac River in Oxon Hill, Md., brought together about 300 co-op leaders and another 150 online from 15 states in the East and Midwest, organizers said. The regional is a milepost...
Brian Wolfe, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s senior public relations specialist, looked forward to watching his oldest son, Greg, play in a Spotsylvania Little League game 13 years ago. Unfortunately, there was no umpire to make the calls. Wolfe stepped up and...
Thanks in a large part to Prince George Electric Cooperative, Surry County recently became one of the first counties in Virginia to achieve universal broadband access. On Aug. 27, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam spoke in person at the Surry Community Center and, along...