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Facebook Page or Website

Facebook Page or Website

Sep 10, 2020 | Expert Advice, Featured, People & Places, Uncategorized

Which is better to promote your business or side hustle?

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Golden West Network Handles Increased Demand

Golden West Network Handles Increased Demand

Jul 15, 2020 | Expert Advice, Featured, People & Places

Internet usage on Golden West’s network has increased between 25 and 30% since COVID-19 arrived in the area. Golden West takes its responsibility of connecting its customers seriously, and its network is up for the challenge.

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Expanding Telemedicine

Expanding Telemedicine

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

Pandemic Pushes Health System to Accelerate Plans.

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Video Conferencing Best Practices

Video Conferencing Best Practices

Jun 18, 2020 | Expert Advice, Featured, People & Places

Many of us likely feel like we’ve become experts at video conference calls over the past few months. Mastering your video conference platform of choice is just part of communicating successfully online.

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Call 988 for Suicide Prevention & 211 for SD Resource Information

Call 988 for Suicide Prevention & 211 for SD Resource Information

May 21, 2020 | Expert Advice, Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places

Golden West telephone subscribers in need can now call two new three-digit numbers for help. Dialing 988 from a Golden West phone line will reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and dialing 211 will reach the South Dakota Helpline Center.

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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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Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, People & Places, Retro

A Look at Some of the First Scholarship Recipients 20 + Years Later

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