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A local arts hub inspires  Story by JAMIE BIESIADA    Artist Sandy Fabian wants more people to appreciate the arts, which may be as simple as recognizing a lamppost. “Sometimes we don’t realize how we are influenced by our world around us. The texture in our community, in our art forms, in our lampposts and…

The farmers, businesspeople and other residents who founded our cooperative knew technology could help them keep in touch with others near and far. For decades, technology has helped them create and maintain these essential human connections. Building our phone network connected the people of our communities like never before. Today, I think those founding members…

A Legacy of Service Connecting a rural community such as ours to the world has never been easy. Decades ago, crews first strung telephone lines across a landscape that large nationwide companies chose to ignore, deeming the places we call home too rural and unworthy of the effort. Naturally, we never felt that way. After…