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Crews make progress in restoring power to customers after storms

Power crews make progress in restoring service to customers impacted by storms

Crews are working to assist with power restoration.

Power crews are making progress in restoring service to customers impacted by Friday night's storms.

Rob Roedel, director of communications for Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, released updated numbers at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

The Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative has about 3,240 members without service. 2,000 of those outages are in Crawford County.

Carroll Electric Cooperative is reporting 1,790 outages, with 1,787 of those in Benton County.

Ozarks Electric Cooperative has about 70 outages, with 59 of those in Crawford County.

Roedel says that Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. has dispatched crews to assist Arkansas Valley and Carroll with power restoration.

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