USDA’s $22 million grant fuels high-speed internet for Choctaw Nation in rural Oklahoma

USDA’s  million grant fuels high-speed internet for Choctaw Nation in rural Oklahoma

LeFLORE COUNTY, Okla. (KOKH) — A $22 million grant investment to provide high-speed internet to Choctaw Nation in LeFlore County has been announced. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced on Tuesday at the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Reservation Economic Summit in …

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Deaths, burst pipes, icy roads, restoring internet MS winter storm

Deaths, burst pipes, icy roads, restoring internet MS winter storm

As temperatures began to rise above freezing for most portions of the state Wednesday afternoon, city and state officials said they are still working to ensure that essential services and infrastructure remain functional. Temperatures throughout the state Monday night going through Wednesday morning were in the single and teen digits even reaching record lows in …

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