For more than 50 years, teens from rural America have traveled to Washington, D.C., each summer for the “trip of a lifetime,” thanks to their local electric cooperatives. No thanks to a global pandemic, the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour was canceled in both 2020 and...
Gov. Ralph Northam addresses the Ryral Fiber Expo.
More than 80 leaders from electric cooperatives and the broadband industry met in Virginia Beach July 27-28 to address broadband service, particularly in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. The newly formed Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Broadband...
John C. Lee Jr., president and CEO of Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative in Chase City, Va., and EMPOWER Broadband Inc., in Bracey, Va., has been reelected by his peers to represent Virginia’s electric cooperatives on the board of directors of the National Rural...
In Southside Virginia, the Clarksville Dixie Youth organization recently brought yet another successful season to a close after hosting regional tournaments. Additionally, their campaign to raise funds for improvements to Shaver Field and the softball field on...
The Education Scholarship Foundation of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives has awarded more than $60,000 in college scholarships to deserving students for the 2021-22 school year. The recipients are students whose parents live...
