power outage

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — More than 33,000 customers remain without power in Spokane County after a major wind storm last week damaged the electrical grid in the state's second-largest city. They may not have power until Thanksgiving. Spokane public schools were closed again on Monday because too many schools lack electricity...

Forget making your car look a little gross from up high, birds were the cause of a power outage that effected nearly 4,600 Selah residents Friday night.

Heavy rain pounded Yakima Tuesday night and Wednesday causing several areas around the city to flood. On Wednesday morning, crews blocked off the road on 48th Avenue between Nob Hill and Viola to clear out a massive pool of water. It took them several hours to pump it all out...

A widespread power outage in Selah that left more than 6,000 people without electricity Monday is being blamed on birds. Pacific Power said a power failure at the same substation three weeks ago was also caused by birds. Two recent citywide power outages three weeks apart have some business owners frustrated...

Tens of thousands lost power across Yakima and West Valley Monday afternoon. A problem at a substation knocked out electricity to 23,000 Pacific Power customers. The company got everything back online in less than an hour, but some businesses already closed for the day...

Power has been restored for hundreds of Pacific Power customers in downtown Yakima including many businesses and Davis High School. Crews are still looking for the source of the outage that left about 750 people in the dark beginning at about 8:30...