McKenzie School District Needs Your Feedback on Internet Access
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McKenzie School District Needs Your Feedback on Internet Access

ByTom Atkinson

McKenzie School District recently won a Project OVERCOME grant that aims to rebuild and improve internet services in the region. As part of the grant, researchers are looking to understand the positive benefits that better Internet services can have. McKenzie residents are being asked to take a short online survey to help McKenzie School District understand your interest in internet…

Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
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Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

ByTom Atkinson

Onward Eugene and the City of Eugene announced they are working together to help build local awareness about the new Emergency Broadband Benefit program. The new program provides a discount of up to a $50 per month toward broadband service for eligible households. The benefit also provides up to a $100 per household discount toward…

Rental Assistance for Tenants & Landlords
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Rental Assistance for Tenants & Landlords

ByTom Atkinson

Rental Assistance for Tenants. If you have been struggling to keep up with rent payments due to the pandemic, you may be eligible for help through the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Learn if you’re eligible to apply. Landlord Compensation Fund. Oregon’s Landlord Compensation Fund Program helps provide relief to residential landlords who have been…

USDA Rural Development Funding for Telecommunication Projects
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USDA Rural Development Funding for Telecommunication Projects

ByTom Atkinson

Join us to learn about access to funding and an overview of USDA Rural Development Telecommunication Programs  USDA Rural Development will be holding a region-wide webinar to provide the latest information on the financing of Broadband, Re-connect, and Distance Learning Telemedicine (DLT) programs for rural communities. This is an essential webinar that will provide information…

Governor Kate Brown Calls on Legislature to Support Statewide Broadband Expansion
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Governor Kate Brown Calls on Legislature to Support Statewide Broadband Expansion

ByTom Atkinson

Source: Oregon.gov Governor Kate Brown today appeared before the Joint Subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development to urge her support for investments in expanding broadband access statewide. The Governor’s Recommended Budget proposes a $118 million investment, with a focus on providing broadband access to underserved communities that have been disproportionately impacted during the pandemic; ensuring…

Spectrum TV, Internet, and Phone Services Restored
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Spectrum TV, Internet, and Phone Services Restored

ByTom Atkinson

Spectrum has announced that after working in conjunction with Lane Electric they have finished rebuilding the more than 30 miles of their network that was destroyed in the fire and have now restored service to an area stretching roughly from Vida to McKenzie Bridge. Work to repair the network began as soon as the area…

Vida Relief Center Now Offering Public WiFi!
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Vida Relief Center Now Offering Public WiFi!

ByTom Atkinson

Good News!  As of Saturday, the Vida Relief Center now offers public WiFi thanks to Matt Sayre and the Oregon Internet Response volunteers. Currently, there is public WiFi access in the Information Center and near the buildings where there are multiple picnic tables available outside.  The Vida Relief Center driveway gate is open only when the relief center is open (Tu/Th/Sa, 10a-4p)  …

PUC APPROVES TELECOM PROVIDERS TO OFFER ALTERNATIVE SERVICES TO WILDFIRE SURVIVORS
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PUC APPROVES TELECOM PROVIDERS TO OFFER ALTERNATIVE SERVICES TO WILDFIRE SURVIVORS

ByTom Atkinson

PUC APPROVES TELECOM PROVIDERS TO OFFER ALTERNATIVE SERVICES TO WILDFIRE-IMPACTED CUSTOMERS AS RESTORATION EFFORTS CONTINUE  SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved an agreement, resulting in access to alternative service options to certain telecommunications customers impacted by the recent wildfires while their landline telephone service is being restored. The agreement was reached by PUC…