Press | November 21, 2022
Congressman Rogers Announces Broadband Expansion in Breathitt & Leslie Counties
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-05) announced a $24 million project that will expand broadband fiber into some of the least-served communities in Eastern Kentucky. Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Inc. was recently awarded a $24 million ReConnect grant and loan combination from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. It will be used to deploy a new fiber network to connect nearly 4,500 people, 39 businesses, 27 farms, and four educational facilities to high-speed inter...
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Press | Nov 21, 2022
Congressman Rogers Applauds a $1 Million ARC Grant for Backroads of Appalachia
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) applauds Backroads of Appalachia for earning a $1 million competitive grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to promote tourism th...
Press | Nov 18, 2022
Congressman Rogers’ Statement Regarding the Proposed Letcher Co. Prison
WHITESBURG, Ky. – U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) released the following statement about the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) revised plan to build a correctional facility in Let...
Press | Oct 26, 2022
Southeast Kentucky Students Enter Congressional App Challenge
PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- A record number of students from southern and eastern Kentucky have entered the Congressional App Challenge, as the November 1st deadline quickly approaches. Congressman Hal Rogers g...