County receives broadband funds

LINCOLN COUNTY – Washington State’s Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) recently awarded Lincoln County a broadband construction grant. With a unanimous vote from CERB, Lincoln County was awarded a $2 million grant to start the first fiber build.

The grant comes after the county applied earlier this year. That application passed the required threshold, and representatives from the county were invited to present “Connecting Lincoln County” to CERB July 14.

Petrichor Broadband will handle management of the network provide publicly operated high-speed middle mile fiber from Wilbur to A...