Mar 15, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Long-Term Commitment Renner Receives NTCA Director Life Award NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association awarded Golden West Board Director Rodney Renner with an NTCA Excellence Award for Director Life Achievement at their rural telecom industry meeting and expo in...
Mar 15, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Horizon Health Care Expands Rural Telehealth Services Another South Dakota healthcare provider is expanding its use of telemedicine, thanks in part to a federal grant with matching funds from local telecommunications cooperatives. As a rural, community-based...
Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Fiber Makes OLC Classrooms ‘SMART’ Maria Cuny lives in the middle of the Badlands in a remote area on the eastern side of the Pine Ridge Reservation. Her home sits six miles off the main road on gumbo soil. “I live in a very rural area,” Cuny says....
Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, People & Places, Retro
Where Are They Now? A Look at Some of the First Scholarship Recipients 20 + Years Later For the 22nd year Golden West will award scholarships to more than 40 high school seniors across our service territory. The total financial contribution of the scholarships is...
Nov 15, 2019 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
New School on the Prairie Union Center Students Learn STEAM Skills Armed with white paper, colored markers and a color code reference sheet, second and third graders in Union Center work to create a track that a small Ozobot robot will follow. “The plan is to use the...
