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Oregon utilities promote wildfire season awareness by issuing advisory to prepare now
The World, Coos Bay, Ore. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMay 1—The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC), Portland General Electric, Pacific Power and Idaho Power encourage Oregonians to prepare for wildfire season. "Everyone has a part to play this ...
FirstNet outage concern for some law enforcement leaders
ABC News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen FirstNet, the emergency communications network, went out of service last Thursday morning, some...
Paul F. deLespinasse: Phoning the phone company when the phone won't work
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis is considered the age of easy communication, and in many respects it is. When my father was...
UPDATE: Power restored at La Grande Middle School following transformer failure
The Observer, La Grande, Ore. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLA GRANDE — Classes at La Grande Middle School looked a little different than normal on Monday, May 6, due to a power outage. Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative alerted the school district at ...
'Bomb cyclone' over the Pacific roils Rogue Valley weather
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 5—A storm system sparked by offshore hurricane-force winds began making its way through Southern Oregon at midday Wednesday, leaving in its wake a trail of downed trees, traffic hazards ...
Scientists discover the possible origin of the sun's magnetic field, and it's not where they thought...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoFaint loops of plasma on the sun. Scientists have found the possible origins of the sun's magnetic...
Deadline to request SNAP food replacement benefits extended to Feb. 16
KOIN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAfter high winds knocked down power lines and led to outages throughout the state in mid-January,...
Internal document reveals more frequent computer problems at Spokane VA than previously known
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 20—WASHINGTON — On the morning of July 13, health care providers at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane were greeted by a familiar message in their inboxes. Because of a "significant ...
Vital computer system goes down at Spokane VA and military hospitals nationwide
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 26—WASHINGTON — A vital computer system used at Spokane's VA medical center, Fairchild Air Force Base and military hospitals across the country went down for several hours on Tuesday, just ...
Colorado is latest state to try turning off the electrical grid to prevent wildfires − a complex,...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTurning off power is a last-ditch strategy for utilities to reduce the risk that their systems could...