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The Reflector
Robersonville officials gather around U.S. Congressman Don Davis and an oversized check representing a $1 million Community Project Fund appropriation.
Ahmed Jallow
Today, more than 900,000, or 1 in 5, households in North Carolina have access to affordable high-speed internet thanks to the Biden administration’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). However, unless Congress extends funding for the program by the end of this month, many of these households could lose access to this service.
In April, the program will only offer partial benefits. Without additional funding from Congress, the program is expected to end completely in May, leaving 23 million Americans at risk of losing affordable internet access.
Dave Jordan
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -The Greenville police department is going to be able to buy 220 new body-worn cameras and 80 in-car cameras.
Those cameras will be funded by $1.4 million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 signed into law by President Biden.
Samuel King
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Elizabeth City is getting a major federal grant to pay for new technology to combat violent crime.
The money will be used for gunshot detection sensors and new equipment to process evidence from crime scenes and mobile phones.
The grant is worth $440,000 and leaders said it will free up money that can be spent elsewhere, including to boost police pay.
“This is just a game-changer for us. Everything this grant gives us is just a force multiplier,” said Police Chief Phil Webster.
Hannah Whitley Camarena
U.S. Rep. Don Davis presented the Spaulding Family Resource Center with a $1 million federal grant award on Monday.
“The Spaulding Family Resource Center is an opportunity to help grow the community, to provide resources for families for a better life and to preserve a rich legacy that is propelling us for the next generation in this community,” Davis said. “And we’re watching these federal investments being made right here.”
Davis spokesperson Kimberly Mack said the congressman’s office received more than 100 proposals for community funding.
Lance Martin
After leaving a check for $950,000 for the Lincoln Heights Community Center Wednesday, Congressman Don Davis presented Halifax County Sheriff Tyree Davis a $225,000 check for a detention center body scanner.
Congressman Davis made the presentation to the sheriff during a meeting of the Halifax County Intergovernmental Association held at Halifax Community College.
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) is pleased to announce East Carolina University will receive a grant totaling $582,100 from the U.S.
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) is pleased to announce that East Carolina University’s Diabetes and Obesity Institute will receive a $472,418 grant from the U.S.
GREENVILLE, NC. — Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) is pleased to announce the City of Wilson will receive a $749,463 grant to build a smart agriculture laboratory facility that supports the city’s existing broadband municipal fiber network as part of the
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) is pleased to announce Carolina Poultry Power RG1, LLC will receive a $1 million grant to purchase, install, and modernize an existing poultry litter waste-to-energy biomass facility.
