The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a loan of almost $50 million to connect thousands of rural residents in southeast Kansas to affordable high-speed internet.
The project will improve service for 149 businesses, 821 farms and over 4,000 people in Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and Neosho counties.
The loan is from the fourth round of funding under the USDA ReConnect Program. The loan will go to the Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative to connect homes, farms and businesses to high-speed internet service.
The announcement is part of a larger national announcement totaling $714 million in Kansas and 18 other states.
