 Appalachian Wireless now has new forward pay pricing where you can pay up front and get the data and features you desire. Five gigabytes of data, just $39.99. Unlimited, just $79.99. Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. The residents of Perkins Branch at Jeremiah in Letcher County finally have access into and out of their community following a bridge collapse earlier this week. Access was restored around 11 o'clock Thursday evening. One of the residents of Perkins Branch said the community made the best out of a bad situation. No, we've been stuck up in here with snow and whatever crazy reasons, but I think it's just not knowing that you can't go. It makes it worse, but it wasn't bad. We made a community effort out of it over on our side and just sit around and talked and joked and had a good time, so it wasn't bad. The residents of Perkins Branch were stranded whenever the only bridge into and out of their community collapsed, sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. The bridge had been damaged from floodwaters from February's flooding event. County crews have worked since then to restore access to the community. The residents of Perkins Branch are grateful to now be able to come and go as they please. It feels pretty good. It feels real good to be able to get out. I know if they spent too long cold days trying to get us out, we really appreciate everything that they've done to get us out. The new low water crossing is just a temporary solution and a permanent solution is still being explored. In Letcher County, Chris Anderson, EKB News.