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Sikora: Broadband investment will bring homes online in 2025

MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County Commissioner Sean Sikora said he expects the county’s broadband projects to start bringing people online this year. The commission used approximately $8 million of its $20.6 million American Rescue Plan Act dollars to leverage more than $20 million in ...

Commission breaks down county's rescue plan spending

MORGANTOWN -- Of the $20.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act money received by Monongalia County, more than $17 million, or approximately 85%, was spent on water, sewer and broadband projects. County Commission President Sean Sikora detailed the county’s ARPA spending earlier this week ...

Mon Commission partners with Frontier for final ARPA project

MORGANTOWN -- The Monongalia County Commission on Monday committed the last of its American Rescue Plan Act money for a broadband project to expand service into the area of Gladesville and Halleck roads. All told, the commission will put up $791,421 (or 83%) of a $953,519 project that will ...

Mon Commission closing out 2024 with broadband push

MORGANTOWN -- The Monongalia County Commission on Monday approved a pair of contracts with Comcast that will put some 20 miles of fiber network in place and make broadband available to more than 120 homes and businesses. The work had to be separated into two agreements due to funding ...