U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer recently announced that broadband and telecommunications loans totaling more than $342 million are being awarded to 18 communications firms serving 22 states. The Nebraska Telecommunications Loan recipients include: Clarks Telecommunications Company of Jackson; Stanton Telecom, Inc.; Henderson Cooperative Telephone Company d/b/a Mainstay Communications; and Three River Telco of Lynch.
The loans are being made through the Rural Development Broadband Loan and Loan Guarantee Program, which provides low-interest loans to deploy broadband and telecommunications services to rural communities of 20,000 residents or less, with first priority going to areas without broadband. Further information on rural programs can be found at www.rurdev.usda.gov.