Broadband stimulus program draws local applicants | Crook County Oregon Local News | Local & State News

WASHINGTON — BendBroadband has applied for $4.1 million in federal stimulus money to expand the reach of the wireless broadband Internet service it announced at the end of July.

BendBroadband joined Internet providers, tribes and local governments across the country that submitted more than 2,200 funding requests for $4 billion in broadband stimulus money, the first round of $7.2 billion for broadband included in the stimulus bill. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs was the only other Central Oregon applicant...