Jan 19, 2023 | Expert Advice, Featured
Easements Critical for Internet Access It’s already cliché to say that the internet has transformed the way almost everyone interacts with the world. According to Statista, a data and forecasting firm, roughly five billion people around the world access the internet...
Sep 28, 2022 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Travis Electric has grown rapidly, just like the community it serves When Travis Kuehl started his own contracting business in 2005, he was a one-man operation. Today, Travis Electric employs 24 people — and isn’t done growing yet. Travis credits that rapid expansion...
Jul 21, 2022 | Expert Advice, Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Fiber Technology Where You Least Expect It Rural west Edgemont area enjoys advanced broadband connection. ‘We feel lucky to have fiber optics’ Sweet clover, sage brush, and bromegrass line the borrow pits along the two-lane ribbon of U.S. Hwy. 18 as it...
May 16, 2022 | Expert Advice, Featured, Making A Difference
Fiber Represents One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Telecommunications Fiber optic technology is out of this world: literally. When NASA sent Apollo 7 to orbit the moon in 1968, the crew broadcast live from outer space on televisions equipped with fiber...
Sep 2, 2021 | Making A Difference, People & Places
Rural Douglas County Healthcare System Confronts COVID Head-On Rural healthcare providers face challenges, but that isolation can be beneficial, too. When COVID-19 arrived in South Dakota, it took a while for cases to reach rural areas....