Brad McElhinny
West Virginia officials express frustration over delays in federal internet expansion program
In 2024, West Virginia officials celebrated getting a jump toward improving broadband connectivity after the state became one of the first three approved to unlock millions of federal dollars. Now state officials are expressing frustration over federal delays. “It’s a digital inequity that we have in our state,” Sen Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) said in a briefing with reporters, saying the $1.2 billion allocated for West Virginia broadband “should have been out the do
West Virginia keeps working to extend broadband, Carmichael tells lawmakers
West Virginia development officials have been focusing on expanding broadband internet service through a range of resources, Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael told legislators. Money is flowing from federal, state, and local sources; specifically $33 million in state and local recovery funds, $70 million in Capital Project Funds (CPF), and $44 million in private investment.