Logging incident causes power outages in Holmes County

Logging incident causes power outages in Holmes County

HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – Residents across several Holmes County communities are without power following a transmission outage Wednesday afternoon. This includes Lexington, Tchula, Belmont Road, Love Road, Beulah Grove and other surrounding areas, according to the Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association. Officials added the outage was caused by a logging incident involving a transmission line. The power outage map shows that more than 2,500 …

Sealift unloading accident causes power outage in Pangnirtung

An accident that occurred while offloading from a sealift has left the hamlet office and community hall in Pangnirtung without power and IT services. On July 24, at around 8:45 p.m., an employee for a sealift operator drove a trailer with a high load near the community hall, where they snagged a power line, said deputy Mayor Markus Wilcke in an interview. “Two poles were torn down, the cables broke, three transformers hit the road and we actuall…