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Western South Dakota is still having issues from the widespread power outage

KOTA Territory News · last updated

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) — Issues continue across the Western South Dakota region following a widespread power outage that began on Thursday, Nov. 13.

Some services and businesses struggled to open on Friday due to problems caused by the extensive outage.

The Rapid City Driver License Exam Station posted that it was temporarily closing down, but announced that you can still get assistance for certain services by using their website.

The Pennington County Courthouse closed on Friday, while Breadroot Natural Foods Co-op pushed back its opening until noon, stating that workers needed additional time to get their systems reset after the blackout on Thursday.

Once Upon a Child posted that it needed to temporarily close its “buy counter” to catch up on tasks that were not completed on Thursday due to the outage.

You can read KOTA Territory News’ previous coverage on the power outage here.

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