JUSTIN FAULCONER The News & Advance
MONETA — Bedford County Supervisor Edgar Tuck’s family farm in Moneta, among the roughly 1,600 county addresses that will get high-speed internet through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, laid out the welcome mat Aug. 25 for a milestone announcement.
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