will not update, updater refuses to refresh repository info

[John Lopez]

The issue is.. Every time I open updater, it tells me to check internet connection. I open up settings from the updater, close the settings for the updater, and it shows the updates. now, the updates got to a partial upgrade. it refuses to refresh the repo information along with updates. I wouldn't be too sure that this would be a security issue since the computer has sat for a couple months without updating.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.24
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Mar 15 20:16:42 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-06 (253 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: