The Department of Agriculture will provide $11.8 million in funding to extend broadband Internet service to rural parts of Marion, Stone, Van Buren and Pope counties in Arkansas. The money will be distributed to the Northern Arkansas Telephone Company, Mountain View Telephone Company and the Arkansas Telephone Company for projects that provide broadband services to residents, businesses and farms. The money comes from the Department of Agriculture's ReConnect Program, which launched in December 2018.

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