Kelly Crawford

YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — On Monday, July 18, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC (BRMEMC) was awarded $5,491,000 in funding through the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant program as part of Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan to invest nearly $2 billion in federal and state funds to close the digital divide in North Carolina. […]

Young Harris, Georgia – Emily Frizzell of Young Harris, Georgia has been awarded a $4,000 scholarship through a special program made possible by Blue Ridge Mountain EMC and other local power companies across TVA’s seven-state service area. Emily, the daughter of Daniel and Alecia Frizzell, is among 35 recipients of this year’s Power Play scholarship,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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