Sen. Cramer: USDA Awards $18 Million to Improve Internet Access in Western, Central North Dakota

Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Rural Development awarded Reservation Telephone Cooperative a grant of $18,501,541 to provide access to high-speed internet.

The funds will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network. This network will connect Dunn, McKenzie, and McLean counties in North Dakota as well as communities in Montana. This project will also serve the Fort Berthold Reservation Tribal Entity.