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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders say they’ve found a solution to address the potential loss of $30 million in federal coronavirus relief funds for rural broadband.

State lawmakers earmarked $30 million of North Carolina’s federal coronavirus money for rural broadband infrastructure grants. The program gives matching grants to internet service providers for projects that bolster high-speed internet access in rural North Carolina. But the North Carolina Office of Broadband Infrastructure said the state determined that U.S. Department of Treasury guidelines prohibit CARES Act funds from being used for rural broadband projects.

Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020Many in Charlotte and across the country lived in the digital divide long before the pandemic. Now, it has become “a national…

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The city of Salisbury is getting ready to hand over operation of its money-losing video and internet service to a private company. The eight-year-old…

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Salisbury, North Carolina – population just shy of 34,000 – can now lay claim to the title of “city with the fastest Internet in the U.S.” It’s not…

The website for North Carolina’s General Assembly can be a bit confusing to navigate. Today, well, let’s just say, "bless their hearts."NCleg.net has long…

It’s official, tech-giant Google is bringing its high speed internet service to Nashville, Raleigh-Durham, Atlanta and Charlotte. Now, we know it’s…