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Stevens County 911 returns to normal operations following outage

According to Stevens County Sheriff's Office the outage was due to a fiber cut.

STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. — The outage of Steven County's 911 system is over and the line has returned to normal operations as of earlier this morning.

According to Stevens County Sheriff's Office,  the Centurylink areas of 258, 233, 722, 732, and 935 exchanges were not working correctly.  

 In addition, large areas were experiencing Verizon issues. Due to these issues, people may not have been able to contact 911 or 509-684-2555.  

According to an update from the Sheriff's office The Suncrest area was not effected. 

They are asking people in affected areas to contact their local fire department if you are having an emergency. 

The cause of the outage is being attributed to a fiber cut on Garden Spot Rd.

According to the Sheriff's office, if you are still experiencing either land line or cellular phone issues, you need to call in and open up a trouble ticket with the office.

    

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