For Mike Malandro, president and CEO of Choptank Electric Cooperative, it’s all about having a plan. After high school, Malandro joined the Army. His rapid-deployment unit was one of the first units in Bosnia, where he spent a year. “I learned a lot about...
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...
During the congressional recess in August, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner visited with Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative’s board members and senior staff to discuss rural broadband deployment. Warner toured one of Mecklenburg’s fiber-splicing trailers that is embossed with...
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...
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...
