Mitch DeJarnette remembers as a boy riding along with his dad, who worked as a contractor clearing rights-of-way for electric cooperatives along the East Coast. That impressed the young man enough to pursue his own career in line work — most importantly, at a...
On Oct. 19, Cooperative Living magazine hosted its first-ever Halloween-themed Facebook Live event. During the live event, hosted by Tommy Campbell and Kara Emery, the viewing audience was asked to participate in a series of fun games in order to win Amazon gift card...
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...
Mecklenburg Electric line crews traveled to New Hampshire to help a sister cooperative.
With Hurricane Henri approaching from the south last week, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative proactively sought assistance via the cooperative mutual-aid agreement. Without hesitation, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative assembled four two-person crews, plus an...
