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November 26, 2024
First Middle-Mile grant project ready to serve Fall Branch

JOHNSON CITY — BrightRidge Broadband has placed the first of four new fiber network cabinets in service in Fall Branch, providing high-speed broadband under a Tennessee Middle-Mile Broadband grant project to serve 122 customers that lack broadband. As the fiber network is completed to the remaining…

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October 23, 2024
Recovery costs exceed $1 million at BrightRidge; focus on serving customers

JOHNSON CITY — Early damage and recovery costs for Hurricane Helene exceed $1 million dollars and rising, BrightRidge directors learned at their regular board meeting Tuesday. At the height of the storm, more than 33,000 of BrightRidge’s 83,000 electric customers were without power.

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October 7, 2024
BrightRidge completes Taylor Bridge crossing a day ahead of schedule; wifi available at South Central Elementary

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge and Pike Electric completed the third crossing of the Nolichucky River at Taylor Bridge on Friday night, restoring 120 remaining outages on the electric system a day ahead of schedule. “All the homes in the area that can accept power are now energized,” BrightRidge CEO Jeff Dykes said.

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October 3, 2024
Last outages south of Nolichucky projected for Saturday completion

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge restored all remaining outages north of the Nolichucky by Thursday morning, down from 33,458 outages at the height of storm Helene. Since the hurricane hit Friday, BrightRidge and contracted crews rebuilt two river crossings across the storm-widened Nolichucky River channel…

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October 2, 2024
Two new feeds operational across the Nolichucky; outages require major repair

JOHNSON CITY – A truly epic week of reconstruction continued Wednesday, as BrightRidge and a host of contractors managed to restore power across the Nolichucky River early Wednesday morning, with broader distribution inside the hard-hit South Central community following around 2 a.m.

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October 1, 2024
Nolichucky River construction continues as outages north of the river continue to be restored

JOHNSON CITY – Tropical Storm Helene recovery efforts continued Tuesday along the Nolichucky River, with BrightRidge working to complete a river crossing at Bailey Bridge in the South Central Community. “Today’s main goal is to complete the structures at Bailey Bridge and get conductor wire across the Nolichucky River,”…

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September 30, 2024
Work Continues to Restore Power Across the Nolichucky River

JOHNSON CITY – BrightRidge electric construction crews will be completing final work late Monday on support structures necessary to allow sag in longer conductor lines needed to cross the Hurricane Helene-widened Nolichucky River channel at Bailey Bridge in southern Washington County.

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September 30, 2024
BrightRidge Donates $150,000 to Support Small Business Flood Recovery Through Region AHEAD

JOHNSON CITY – In response to the flooding severely impacting Northeast Tennessee and the region, BrightRidge is donating $150,000 to support small businesses through Region AHEAD, a non-profit fundraising organization dedicated to assisting small businesses in times of crisis.

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September 29, 2024
BrightRidge Continues Recovery Efforts in Wake of Historic Damage From Storm Helene

JOHNSON CITY – Recovery efforts are continuing in the wake of storm Helene and tragic flooding in our area. As of 2:15 p.m. Sunday, BrightRidge crews are continuing to work to restore about 2650 outages, with 1800 of those outages located south of the Nolichucky River.

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