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Nearly 200 miles of fiber optic infrastructure will service rural Idaho communities from Star to Grangeville thanks to a current project.

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Nearly 200 miles of fiber optics to connect Star to Grangeville

Construction underway along Highway 55 through Valley County

$20 million state grant supports Idaho broadband expansion

Project completion expected by summer 2027

At the moment, the broadband is being installed by construction crews through Valley County along State Highway 55, and “will underlie the fiber optics for the Idaho Regional Optical Network (IRON) and the Intermountain Infrastructure Group (IIG) between Smiths Ferry and Round Valley,” according to a press release.

IIG is a Montana- and California-based company that owns and oper

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