Electric co-op offers scholarships for apprentice program
Flathead Electric Co-op crews work to restore power along Seville Lane in Coram on Wednesday, Jan. 14. About 16,000 co-op members were without power Wednesday after a powerful windstorm battered the region. (Sharilyn Fairweather/Flathead Electric)
Interested in becoming a lineworker and learning how to construct, maintain and repair electrical power line systems?
Flathead Electric Cooperative recently established two $5,000 scholarships to support local students interested in attending the pre-apprentice line program at Highlands College at Montana Technical University – better known as Montana Tech in Butte. These scholarships are funded by the member-owned cooperative’s unclaimed capital credits.
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