116th Year, 32nd Issue Thursday, March 17, 2005 Sparta, North Carolina

Area blackout caused by contractor mishap

By COBY LaRUE
Staff

Contractors working to rebuild a transmission line for Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation accidentally caused a blackout across much of Alleghany County and part of Ashe County last Friday, March 11. The outage affected a total of 9,632 members of the cooperative, said Renee Whitener, director of corporate communications for Blue Ridge Electric. In all, 7,137 Alleghany residents were affected.

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