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Governor Beshear and the Kentucky Office of Broadband Development announced earlier this month the round two recipients of the Commonwealth’s Better Internet Grant Program. DUO Broadband was selected to receive $7.24 million in funding to bring fiber optic data services to 378 homes and businesses in Bliss community of Adair County.

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DUO Broadband was proud to sponsor the September luncheon meeting of the Campbellsville & Taylor County Chamber of Commerce. The meeting’s featured speaker was Michael “Sarge” Pollock, Kentucky 51st District State Representative and held at the Homeplace on Green River.

From left: Sarge Pollock – State Representative for the Taylor County Campbellsville area, Greg Gribbins – Executive Director (Campbellsville-Taylor County Chamber of Commerce, Sherry Selby – DUO Broadband Business Account Manager, Julie Grant – DUO Broadband Business Support Consultant, Tristan Bonnstetter – DUO Broadband Director of Regulatory & Government Affairs, Brandon Rigney – DUO Broadband Install Tech & Repair.
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Wishing Paul Coffey a happy retirement, we recently celebrated his 34 years of dedicated service (1989 – 2023) with DUO.

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DUO Broadband was proud to participate in the Russell County Library’s “Community Helpers” program this past Friday. The program is part of the library’s summer Family Fun Fridays to promote learning in the summer.

DUO Broadband brought a bucket truck and personnel to let the kids get an up close and personal view of this piece of machinery. “They just loved seeing the bucket truck up close and learning about how it is used,” said Ginger Stamp, RCPL Children’s Librarian. “I saw many children wearing their DUO County Bucket hats. Little things like that make their day.”

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DUO Broadband contractors installing fiber optic cable in a rural area.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Kentucky State Director Dr. Tom Carew this week announced two projects that will help expand high-speed internet access in parts of rural Kentucky. One project will benefit residents of Cumberland County with fiber optic Internet deployed by DUO Broadband (the other is directed toward Breathitt County). Both projects are being funded through USDA’s ReConnect program and are expected to benefit over 3,300 people.

DUO Broadband will use a $24,963,158 grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 897 people, eight businesses and 121 farms in Cumberland County.

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Burkesville resident Gauge Logan-Key is the winner of the 2023 DUO Broadband Lindsey Wilson scholarship. Gauge is the son of Dusty & Kasey Logan.

The $3,000 tuition scholarship is given annually to a first-time, full-time Lindsey Wilson freshman from DUO Broadband’s service area.

DUO Broadband CEO Tom Preston awards a scholarship to Gauge Logan-Key
Gauge Logan-Key receives LWC scholarship award from CEO, Tom Preston.

Brendan Carr, Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission visited Adair County on Tuesday to see first-hand how DUO Broadband is helping to build out high-speed fiber optic broadband to rural America. Carr said it was “Great to see the progress they’re making.”

The Commissioner reported that the “crew here in Adair County is building out high-speed internet to homes that only have copper DSL for broadband. They’re doing so with help from a 2020 award of $18 million.” As one of the first telecom’s in Kentucky to deploy fiber optic Internet, DUO Broadband was uniquely qualified to be part of this award.

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On November 18, 2022 we celebrated with Rick Eldridge as he begins his retirement after years of service with DUO Broadband. 

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IMG 2842The folks here at DUO Broadband recently celebrated with Mark Henry and his family as he begins his retirement. 

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We wish Dererk Vaughan all the best in his retirement! Friends and family recently recently celebrated his 29 years with DUO Broadband.

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DUO Broadband was proud and honored to participate in the Campbellsville 4th of July Celebration Saturday! Driving one of DUO’s bucket trucks decorated with the stars and stripes was employee Kelly Morrow. Also driving one of DUO’s striking new Business Team vehicles was Lisa Back, one of the telecom’s Business Account Managers.

By: Venus Popplewell
LWC Director of Public Relations

COLUMBIA, KY — A Russell County resident has been named a DUO Broadband Scholar at Lindsey Wilson College.

Caroline Wells of Russell Springs, Kentucky, has received the Lindsey Wilson DUOBroadband Scholarship. She will attend the liberal arts college in the fall.

The $3,000 tuition scholarship is given annually to a first-time, full-time Lindsey Wilson freshman from DUO Broadband’s service area, which includes parts of Adair, Cumberland, Casey, Clinton, Russell and Taylor counties.

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