Pilot broadband loan grant combo - grant

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Tularosa Basin Telephone Company, Inc. $5.825 million on May 6, 2026, under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to deploy telecommunications-enabled equipment and infrastructure extending distance learning and telemedicine services to rural residents and community facilities in Tularosa, New Mexico. The award is a Project Grant with a period of performance through May 6, 2028, and place of performance at Tularosa, NM 88352. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program funds projects that encourage use of telemedicine, telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies to provide educational and medical benefits through distance learning and telemedicine projects to people living in rural areas. The program operates under annual funding windows established through a NOFA/NOSA process, with applications competitively selected and rated against specified scoring criteria. This is the recipient's most recent award; prior grants from the Rural Utilities Service under the Pilot Broadband Loan Grant Combo program in July 2022 and June 2024 addressed similar rural connectivity objectives.