Kelly Crawford

Young Harris, Georgia – Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) announced today, Wednesday, February 9, that construction will begin on its state-of-the-art fiber-optic internet service in the Hanging Dog and Grape Creek areas of Cherokee County, North Carolina. In December 2017, BRMEMC was awarded $3 million through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Community Connect …

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) recently activated fiber internet service to several member-customers in the Pine Log area of Clay County, North Carolina. On Tuesday, Jan. 4 BRMEMC personnel, county officials and the first Pine Log fiber customers celebrated this momentous occasion by holding a ribbon cutting ceremony in the parking …

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) experienced widespread outages resulting from Winter Storm Izzy that blew through our service territory Saturday, Jan. 15 – Monday, Jan. 17. Power outages began around 5 a.m. on Sunday morning and at the peak of outages 7,177 members were without power. Outages were mainly in the …

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) experienced widespread outages resulting from a winter storm that blew through our service territory Monday, Jan. 3. BRMEMC began experiencing outages around 12 a.m. At the peak of outages 7,755 members were without power. Most of the damage came from strong winds that toppled snow-covered trees …

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On Thursday, Oct. 28 Blue Ridge Mountain EMC’s broadband department hosted a trunk-or-treat event at BRMEMC’s headquarters in Young Harris, Georgia. The trunk or treat was open to everyone to drive through and receive candy. This may seem like a small gesture of gratitude, but it was a way to ensure children of our local …

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Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) held its 83rd Annual Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Co-op’s headquarters in Young Harris, Georgia. Originally scheduled as an in-person meeting, BRMEMC’s Board of Directors and management staff made the decision at their Sept. 14 monthly board meeting to change the Annual Meeting to a drive-thru event. The …

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Young Harris, Georgia – BRMEMC’s Annual Meeting scheduled for this Thursday, September 23 is now a drive-thru event at the headquarters of BRMEMC in Young Harris, Georgia. BRMEMC’s Board of Directors and management team made the decision out of an abundance of caution to our employees and members with the rise of COVID cases throughout …

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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — The Board of Directors of Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation (BRMEMC) announced in Tuesday night’s Board Meeting that Allan Glidewell has been selected as general manager. Glidewell brings more than twenty-three years of experience in the utility industry working primarily in electric cooperatives. “Glidewells’s knowledge, experience, longevity and leadership within …

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Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) was recently awarded $1.3 million in funding through the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant program as part of Gov. Roy Cooper’s $30 million initiative to expand internet access to rural areas. BRMEMC officially signed the grant agreement on Wednesday, Jan. 27. Funds from this grant will …

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Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) recently completed a broadband expansion in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Approximately 182 residents are now eligible for fiber optic internet service. This newly completed broadband expansion is in and around the Johnsonville Road area. Residents of this area can email their name and physical address to broadband@brmemc.com to begin the …

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