Posted 5/1/24

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter announced Tuesday the state will award $162.7 million in broadband and digital opportunity grants.

These investments will provide broadband access and digital opportunity programs to more than 236,000 Tennesseans across 92 counties.

Locally the grants will go to and help with broadband in….

Tennessee Valley Electric Cooperative, $1,861,920.08, Spectrum Southeast $6,666,666.00, and Tennessee Valley Electric Cooperative, $425,423.69 all Serving parts of Wayne County.

Loretto Telephone Company, $1,580,796.00, Serving parts of Lawrence County.

Spectrum Southeast, $191,788.42, Serving parts of Maury County.

The Board of Public Utilities of the City of Fayetteville, Lincoln County, $2,646,000.00, Serving parts of Lincoln, Giles and Marshall Counties.

United Communications, $3,058,513.28, Serving parts of Bedford, Rutherford and Marshall Counties.