PICKENS — Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative will soon take its first steps toward supplying high-speed internet across its five-county service territory.

Blue Ridge president and CEO Jim Lovinggood announced this week that the cooperative has entered into a partnership with WCFIBER to proceed with the project.

“WCFIBER is a subsidiary of West Carolina Telephone Cooperative, headquartered in Abbeville,” Lovingggood said. “This co-op is already a well-established provider of broadband. Its employee team has a proven record of accomplishment in delivering high-speed internet service to rural areas,

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