Power Outage

Power outages impact sections of Watauga on Thursday morning – October 7, 2021

A fallen tree broke a power pole and caused power outages in portions of Watauga County on Thursday morning. The…

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Blue Ridge Energy Line Crews Working to Restore Power After Damaging Storm

Lenoir, North Carolina – (August 18, 2021 6:30 am) – Battling numerous downed trees, flooding and debris since Tuesday evening…

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Blue Ridge Energy Restores Power

Blue Ridge Energy has restored outages after Thursday morning’s icy weather impacted service to nearly 300 members. The High County…

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Large power outage impacts western Watauga County – Feb 4 & 5, 2021

A large power outage impacted residents in western Watauga County late Thursday night into the very early hour of Friday.…

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Large power outage impacting Watauga this afternoon – Mon Jan 18, 2021

UPDATE – Power was fully restored on Monday night. UPDATE 5 PM – Outages are down to 702 in Watauga,…

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4 pm OUTAGE UPDATE: Crews Continue Working to Restore Power

Lenoir, North Carolina (4 pm Outage Update – October 29, 2020) – Working to restore power for nearly 5,000 members, Blue…

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Storms lead to power outages Friday evening, mostly in western portions of the county

Strong storms left many without power for a time on Friday evening. The storms, which entered the county shortly after…

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Monday Night power outage leaves portions of Boone in the dark

An animal climbing onto high voltage equipment lead power outages in portions of Boone on Monday night. The single large…

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