Power outages reported in south Salem, Marion County
Power outages reported in south Salem
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Salem, founded in 1842 and the capital city of Oregon, lies in the heart of Willamette Valley wine country with a population of about 182,000.
Power is out in parts of south Salem this afternoon, May 24, impacting traffic lights and businesses.
PGE reported six outages affecting 11,583 customers in Marion County, the majority in south Salem.
An outage was reported at 2:49 p.m. in the 97306 zip code, initially affecting 9,191 customers. As of 5 p.m., 1,788 remained without power.
Power was not expected to be restored in some areas until 8:15 p.m., according to a PGE text message.
The PGE outage map online shows the cause of that outage under investigation.
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