Sarah Leeson
In national broadband rollout, rural landscapes pose a challenge
The state of Kentucky was allotted $1.1 billion to get every home hooked up to high-speed internet.
Libraries are essential for internet access, even as national broadband projects ramp up
Kentucky’s mountains, hills and large rural population have historically made broadband rollout challenging for the state, so in lieu of home internet, some residents depend on local libraries, such as the Spencer County Public Library in Taylorsville. The library has all the things you’d expect to find: children’s and teens’ sections, reading areas, community meeting spaces, as well as more than a dozen computers scattered around. Director Debra Lawson said that wh