Last week’s power outage affected different areas of Fall River differently

  • Due to the power being out at the Mueller Center last Thursday, Nov. 13, the Hot Springs Bison gymnastics team held a portion of its after-school practice outdoors.
    Due to the power being out at the Mueller Center last Thursday, Nov. 13, the Hot Springs Bison gymnastics team held a portion of its after-school practice outdoors.
  • Photo by Beth Bogart/Fall River County Herald-Star The ‘dividing line’ between those whose power was restored before dark and those who didn’t get power until later was here on N. River Street at Polished Salon (left), which is the former headquarters of Black Hills Power and Light (right), the predecessor of Black Hills Energy, as noted by local historian and author Peggy Sanders.
    Photo by Beth Bogart/Fall River County Herald-Star The ‘dividing line’ between those whose power was restored before dark and those who didn’t get power until later was here on N. River Street at Polished Salon (left), which is the former headquarters of Black Hills Power and Light (right), the predecessor of Black Hills Energy, as noted by local historian and author Peggy Sanders.
  • Polished Salon
    Polished Salon
    HOT SPRINGS — Depending on where your home or business was located in Fall River County, last Thursday’s Nov. 13 power outage generated different experiences, from a mild inconvenience to disruption of dinnertime during the dark.According to published reports, the outage was due to a pair of tripped 500-kilowatt power lines near Medicine Bow, Wyo., which affected about 100,000 custom...

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