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Most power restored after outages in Northwestern Montana | KECI

MISSOULA, MOnt. — Thousands of customers have been restored electricity around Missoula, but some scattered outages remain there.

128 customers are in the dark around Hamilton, Darby and Stevensville.

About 73 are out between Whitefish and Columbia Falls. More than 70 customers have their power back after an outage near Anaconda.

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