Landline disruptions in Thorne Bay leave city workers and first responders struggling

Landline disruptions in Thorne Bay leave city workers and first responders struggling

An ambulance sits outside the EMS building in Thorne Bay on Sept. 17, 2021. (Eric Stone/KRBD) On a recent Friday morning, Les Carter sat with his Dutch Shepherd, Whiskey, inside his Thorne Bay home. Carter is one of about five first responders with the city’s volunteer EMS group, and was on standby for the day. But his walkie-talkie style radio on an end table adjacent to a recliner was silent. That’s typically a good thing – it often means that…