Preview | Rural Communities
Preview: 11/13/2026 | 20sVideo has Closed Captions
When the market skipped these rural NC counties, they quit waiting and did the work themselves.
Private companies passed on much of rural NC so some communities stopped waiting for one. Explore how a member-owned electric co-op ran fiber across Bertie, Halifax and Northampton counties, how Chatham County restored maternity care by turning to family physicians instead of ob-gyns and how Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine turned a closed school into a student-run hotel.
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ncIMPACT is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Preview | Rural Communities
Preview: 11/13/2026 | 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Private companies passed on much of rural NC so some communities stopped waiting for one. Explore how a member-owned electric co-op ran fiber across Bertie, Halifax and Northampton counties, how Chatham County restored maternity care by turning to family physicians instead of ob-gyns and how Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine turned a closed school into a student-run hotel.
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