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VIDEO: How Rural Broadband Is Coming to This North Carolina County

More than 1.1 million North Carolinians lack access to high-speed internet, a necessity of the modern economy. In Warren County, help is on the way, thanks to $7 million in federal grants through the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Cardinal and Pine’s political correspondent Mike McElroy takes a look. View…


More than 1.1 million North Carolinians lack access to high-speed internet, a necessity of the modern economy. In Warren County, help is on the way, thanks to $7 million in federal grants through the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Cardinal and Pine’s political correspondent Mike McElroy takes a look.

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