Residents of an east Arkansas town have been without water for two weeks
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) — Residents of an east Arkansas town have been without running water for the past two weeks after the state was hit by below-freezing temperatures, and the outage has forced them to line up for bottled water, fill up jugs or take showers at a truck brought in by the state. […]
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Storm leaves thousands without power
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) – Less than 24 hours after a powerful storm pushed across parts of Region 8, thousands of people remained without power. Craighead Electric Cooperative reported outages in Independence, Sharp, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett, Crittenden, and Lawrence Counties. More than 2,200 customers in Poinsett County remained without power Monday morning. CEC reported late […]
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Paris, Arkansas, power outages could be over by the end of Wendesday
Power has been restored to about 90% of the homes and businesses in Paris, Arkansas, Mayor Daniel Rogers told 40/29 News Wednesday morning.Rogers said he expects electricity to be fully restored by the end of the day.Strong storms overnight Sunday knocked out multiple power lines left 80% of the city without electricity.It was the most […]
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