AREAS SERVED – The West Virginia Office of Broadband maintains a map and dashboard showing areas of the state being served by broadband, areas that are unserved or underserved, and areas where state and federal broadband projects are underway. -- Graphic Courtesy/WV Office of Broadband

CHARLESTON — West Virginia was awarded $1.2 billion through a 2023 federal broadband expansion program, but the latest proposal by the state only plans to spend half of that to connect unserved and underserved parts of the state.

Earlier this week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that the state was taking public comments through Tuesday on its final proposal to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployme

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