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Mid-Rivers Communications is offering $108,000 in scholarship funds for Eastern and Central Montana students. The Mid-Rivers Fund for Education, funded by unclaimed capital credits from members, has awarded over $670,000 in scholarships to area students. In 2024, Mid-Rivers will award 36 competitive and 15 drawing scholarships. Scholarship categories reflect the mission and values of the Cooperative and its members. This year’s scholarship program has three categories: • Dawson Community College/Miles Community College Scholarship – In support...
Mid-Rivers Communications, telecommunications service provider to 30,000 square miles of eastern and central Montana, is proud to announce the availability of up to $80,000 in grants! Education Tech Grants are offered by Mid-Rivers when funds are available for this purpose from the Mid-Rivers Fund for Education, which is funded by cooperative members’ Unclaimed Capital Credits. Mid-Rivers recognizes the power of broadband as a solution. Broadband can build bridges between generations, provide access to boundless educational opportunities, stren...
Mid-Rivers Communications is offering $93,000 in scholarship funds for Eastern and Central Montana students. The Mid-Rivers Fund for Education, funded by unclaimed capital credits from members, has awarded over $560,000 in scholarships to area students. In 2023, Mid-Rivers will award 36 competitive and 18 drawing scholarships. Scholarship categories reflect the mission and values of the Cooperative and its members. This year’s scholarship program has three categories: • Dawson Community College/Miles Community College Scholarship – In suppo...
On Aug. 19, 2022, Mid-Rivers Communications released a payment of capital credits to the Cooperative’s members and patrons, with a capital credit retirement totaling approximately $1,074,000. The 2022 retirement is comprised of the remaining balance of the 1995 allocation and a portion of the 2021 patronage allocation. Cooperative businesses are owned and democratically controlled by their members. Receiving capital credit checks is one of the many benefits of utilizing the services of a cooperative. Any profit is distributed to patrons in p...
Despite continued investment and efforts to fight illegal robocalls plaguing telephone customers, Mid-Rivers has been informed of recent scam calls in the area targeting the customers of local Electric Cooperatives. These calls show up on your caller ID as the reputable local business name. Scammers are “spoofing” the caller ID (sending through fake caller ID names and/or numbers) to look like names you recognize, hoping to increase the chances of getting you to answer. Scammers may pretend to be your power company, phone or Internet pro...
Mid-Rivers Communications is offering $90,000 in scholarship funds for eastern and central Montana students, more than doubling the Cooperative’s total scholarship investment in recent prior years. The Mid-Rivers Fund for Education, funded by unclaimed capital credits and donations of capital credits from members, has awarded over $470,000 in scholarships to area students. In 2022, Mid-Rivers will award 36 competitive and 15 drawing scholarships. Scholarship categories reflect the mission and values of the Cooperative and its members. This y...
Mid-Rivers Communications, telecommunications service provider to 30,000 square miles of eastern and central Montana, is proud to announce the availability of up to $75,000 in grants! Educational Technology Grants are offered by Mid-Rivers when funds are available for this purpose from the Mid-Rivers Fund for Education, which is funded by cooperative members’ Unclaimed Capital Credits. Mid-Rivers recognizes the power of broadband as a solution. Broadband can build bridges between generations, provide access to boundless educational o...
On Aug. 20, Mid-Rivers Communications released its largest payment of capital credits in the Cooperative’s history to members and patrons, with a capital credit retirement totaling nearly $4 million. The higher retirement amount was made possible by the gains from the 2020 sale of the Cooperative’s wireless operations. Cooperative businesses are owned and democratically controlled by their members. Receiving capital credit checks is one of the many benefits of utilizing the services of a cooperative. Any profit is distributed to patrons in pro...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted an Order designating 988 as the new three-digit abbreviated dialing code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline starting July 16, 2022. The FCC’s Order requires all telecommunications carriers to make any network changes necessary to ensure that users can dial 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by July 16, 2022. In Montana’s 406 Area Code, and in 81 other area codes around the nation, the necessary changes include transitioning from seven-digit to 10-...
Despite continued investment and efforts to fight illegal robocalls plaguing telephone customers, Mid-Rivers has recently noticed an increase in scam calls in the area that show up on caller ID as reputable local business names. Scammers are “spoofing” the caller ID (sending through fake caller ID names and/or numbers) to look like names you recognize, hoping to increase the chances of getting the called party to answer. Our own business name has been used by scammers trying to obtain personal account information. They may also pretend to be...
Mid-Rivers Communications is proud to announce the award of 31 scholarships to students from the Cooperative’s service area. Six $1,500 scholarships were awarded to students planning to attend Dawson Community College or Miles Community College, and 25 $1,000 scholarships were awarded to students planning to attend a four-year college or university, community college or tech school in the fall of 2021. Preference was given in the scholarship award selection process to students who plan to live and work in Eastern and Central Montana after c...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted 988 as a new three-digit number to be used nationwide to reach the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline, starting July 16, 2022. Until then, customers must continue to dial 1-800-273-TALK to reach the Lifeline. For 988 to work properly in our area code, and in several other area codes and states around the country, 10-digit local dialing needs to be implemented. What is Changing? All telephone customers may begin dialing 10 digits (area code + telephone number)...
Mid-Rivers Communications is offering $46,000 in scholarship funds for eastern and central Montana students. The Mid-Rivers Fund for Education, funded by unclaimed capital credits and donations of capital credits from members, has awarded over $426,000 in scholarships to area students. In 2021, Mid-Rivers is offering 32 competitive scholarships and 14 drawing scholarships. Scholarship categories reflect the mission and values of the cooperative and its members. This year’s scholarship program has three categories: • Mid-Rivers Higher Edu...
Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative was formed in 1952, and currently is celebrating its 63rd year serving its members. Operating in Eastern and Central Montana, Mid-Rivers is the largest landmass telephone cooperative in the continental United States. It services an area encompassing 30,000 square miles over a 21-county area of Montana and three counties in North Dakota. As your cooperative, Mid-Rivers provides a variety of services beyond the basic telecommunications services. Higher Education...
Mid-Rivers Communications (Circle, MT) recently made donations totaling $11,000 to Emergency Medical Service (EMS)/ambulance service providers and fire departments in the Mid-Rivers Service Area. Donations are made to these providers annually in recognition of the vital services these entities provide to Mid-Rivers’ members, employees, and facilities. This year, twenty-one EMS service providers and thirty-four fire departments have received a donation. Local providers in receipt of this donation include the Sidney Fire Department, Fairview F...
