Log Hill Mesa residents who have lamented slow internet speeds for years will soon have a faster alternative.

The state has awarded a $2.8 million grant to Clearnetworx to finance fiber internet construction and service to the Log Hill, Golden Eagle Trail and Meadow Circle areas north of Ridgway.

The Montrose-based internet provider, which is under contract to lay roughly 42 miles of fiber internet service lines between Montrose and Ridgway as part of a separate project, applied for a grant from t...