RICHMOND — Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, children did their schoolwork at McDonald’s and workers sat outside of libraries to check thei…
Last year brought increased visibility to the importance of broadband. With many Virginians teleworking, students distance learning, and busin…
RICHMOND — The General Assembly released the state’s spending plan Wednesday, which includes significant investments in broadband expansion an…
RICHMOND — The General Assembly is halfway through its work in passing new laws in areas including transportation, COVID-19 relief and parole …
I write to commend the recent article, “Roanoke Co. leaders deem broadband critical” (Jan. 28), which outlines the critical role access to hig…
During the last four months, B2X Online has responded to a rush of government requests for expanded internet access in remote areas of Roanoke, Appomattox, Bedford and Campbell counties.
Blue Ridge District Supervisor Billy Martin thanked first responders, educators, medical professionals and other essential workers for helping keep life relatively normal during the pandemic.
With a large number of home-based businesses and several county-owned locations primed for development, high-speed internet access is an expectation for professionals in Roanoke County, officials said.
Almost 300 households dotted in rural and remote areas of Roanoke County are gaining access to high-speed internet service while construction …
COVID-19 has had a tremendous negative impact on school divisions across the Commonwealth. The impact has been especially negative on rural sc…
Bills backed by legislators from Roanoke County would allow Virginia schools to revert to virtual instruction when weather or other certain circumstances prevent in-person instruction.
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Mitigating the effects of the pandemic, bringing passenger rail to the New River Valley, expanding rural broadband service and protecting economic development money for far Southwest Virginia are on the minds of Western Virginia legislators.
Wireless internet access should hit some Campbell County homes in the next several weeks as 11 new wireless sites begin to come online, part of a rapid effort to buoy broadband access and accommodate distance learning and remote work.
Botetourt County school officials are in the early stages of developing a perennial online school that would begin in fall 2021. In January, they will present their plan to students and parents.
The new grant will fund a Citizens Broadband Radio Service development in the Fincastle area. County officials will share a service area map in about early spring, the release says.
Roanoke County is asking the General Assembly to not penalize school divisions financially for drops in enrollment related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A plan to possibly bring passenger rail service to the New River Valley is gathering steam.
SpaceX's Starlink initially will provide free, high-seed internet to 45 families in Wise County.
Virginia's broadband efforts are aimed at expanding access to high-speed internet, but there's resistance among legislators to allowing local governments to compete with the private sector and possibly lower costs for consumers.
After years of work on Bedford County's broadband initiative, the county is gearing up to transition from Phase One — tower construction phase with Blue Ridge Towers — to Phase Two, or the operational phase, of the initiative with internet service provider BriscNet.
Pulaski County is working on multiple projects to ensure the entire locality has access to broadband internet in the next few years.
There’s a lot on the minds of Virginians right now. However, when it comes to the effort of providing broadband to unserved areas of the commo…
Virginians impacted by the pandemic are counting on us to deliver concrete and lasting relief. With our growing reliance on technology and the…
A lengthy special session to reconcile the state budget in the face of the economic downturn may come to an end on Friday, but the budget's without a provision to speed up rural broadband expansion.
