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Thousands of Avista customers without power as snow falls

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Thousands of homes are without power as snow falls on the Inland Northwest. As of 7:50 a.m, 2,255 Avista customers were without service. Outages have been reported in the Spokane area, all the way north into Kettle…

Numerous power outages reported after Friday morning snow

SPOKANE, Wash.-- Wet, heavy snow on Friday morning sent tree limbs toppling and cut off power to thousands of structures in the Inland Northwest. At noon Friday, Avista reported 6% of their customers were without power. Inland Power reported 4%…

Stay prepared for power outages this week

SPOKANE, Wash. -- As a violent wind storm is scheduled to blow through the Inland Northwest this week, the Spokane Regional Health District is asking the community to review safety tips for staying safe during winter power outages. Here are…

Clouds and cool through Thursday then a big storm rolls in - Mark

We cool down with just a few light showers expected today with another dry and cool day Thursday. Thursday night a new storm moves in with rain and snow to mainly light snow overnight and then changes back to rain Friday morning. Then we see the front move out with gusty winds potentially to 50 mph for Saturday.

Avista substation goes down in south Spokane Valley

SPOKANE, Wash. -- People living in South Spokane Valley are currently without power due to an Avista substation going down. Crews are working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. Avista says around 3,600 customers in the Inland…

Power outages continue in Northwest following wind storm

SEATTLE (AP) — Tens of thousands of people remained without power Monday following a strong Pacific storm system that downed trees and power lines. Most of those still without electricity were in the Seattle area, where utilities reported about 60,000…

Power restored to North Central High School, surrounding homes

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A car crash caused a small power outage in Spokane's North Central neighborhood Wednesday morning. Avista Utilities said just over 40 customers were affected, including North Central High School. A message to the high school community said…

Power restored to thousands of Kootenai Electric customers

KOOTENAI CO., Idaho -- Power has been restored to thousands of Kootenai Electric customers. Approximately 7,000 KEC members in the northern part of Kootenai County experienced the outage Monday morning. A release from KEC said it was caused by an…

Inland Power reporting outages in Spokane and Whitman Counties

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Inland Power is reporting outages in both Spokane and Whitman Counties. A tweet from the local utility company said Avista lost transmission to Inland Power's substation. Wind is also causing issues in their service territory. The majority…