Posted: Friday, May 4, 2018 1:13 pm
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Updated: 1:15 pm, Fri May 4, 2018.
Associated Press |
HAMILTON— Communications company Tombigbee has received a $3 million federal grant to expand broadband internet access to a rural community in northwest Alabama, the company’s president announced Thursday.
Tombigbee Communications CEO and President Steve Foshee announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service at a news conference in Marion County alongside Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, U.S. Congressman Robert Aderholt and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
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