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Pivoting in a Pandemic

Pivoting in a Pandemic

May 15, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places

Members Prove Resilient When Faced with COVID-19.

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Long-Term Commitment

Long-Term Commitment

Mar 15, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places

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 Phoenix, Ariz., on February 19, 2020.

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Horizon Health Care Expands Rural Telehealth Services

Horizon Health Care Expands Rural Telehealth Services

Mar 15, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places

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.

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Fiber Makes OLC CLassrooms ‘SMART’

Fiber Makes OLC CLassrooms ‘SMART’

Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places

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. “If I don’t have to, I don’t drive. I don’t like to be on the road.”

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New School on the Prairie

New School on the Prairie

Nov 15, 2019 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places

The Central Meade County School is one of five rural schools in Meade County. The newly built school sits 46 miles northeast of Sturgis and combines students in grades K-8 previously split by grade between Union Center and Enning five miles further east.

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