The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making available $759 million in grants and loans to enable rural communities to access high-speed internet, part of the broader $65 billion push for high-speed connectivity from last year’s infrastructure law. One is North Carolina’s AccessOn Networks in Halifax and Warren Counties.
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Pender County internet surfers will be getting faster access thanks to a $21.6 million federal grant. It’s the second USDA broadband grant for North Carolina this week.
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Columbus County, located just west of Wilmington, will receive faster Internet connectivity through a $7.9 million federal grant for the installation of high-speed fiber-optic access.
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On Thursday morning, news broke that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had picked Kansas City, not RTP, as home for two of its main departments — and just like that, like Amazon and Apple before, dreams of hundreds of jobs pouring into the city disappeared.
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The Triangle strikes out again in the race to land a major economic development project. Kansas City, not RTP, will be the new home for two US Department of Agriculture departments that are being moved from Washington, D.C.
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RALEIGH – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue toured the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in Raleigh on Tuesday and complimented the Triangle as a potential site for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s controversial plan to move hundreds of jobs this year. The Triangle is one of three finalists for the...
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The Triangle is among three finalists for the relocations of two US Department of Agriculture operations, US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Friday.
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The North Carolina Biotechnology Center is collaborating with the Soil Health Institute to highlight the impact of soil health on plant, animal and human health at the 2018 Ag Biotech Summit.
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