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...
Empower Broadband and the Southside Planning District Commission have submitted a grant application to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development’s Virginia Telecommunications Initiative to provide universal fiber-to-the-home broadband coverage. The...
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...
Twelve lineworkers from electric cooperatives and municipal utilities have graduated from apprentice to journeyman status following completion of thousands of hours of extensive training. They completed their final Line Technician Apprentice Program-Step 8 class on...
On Thursday, August 26, Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, along with Republican Del. Ronnie Campbell of Rockbridge County, met with Virginia electric cooperative leaders for an inaugural visit. BARC Electric Cooperative hosted the event in...
A&N Electric Cooperative members reelected five of their peers to continue serving on the cooperative’s board of directors, during its 81st annual meeting, held on Aug. 26. More than 1,800 cooperative members participated in this year’s election of directors...