Power restored after outage

RITZVILLE — Power had been restored across Adams County after snow and ice building knocked down lines Friday, Dec. 9.

Power outages started rolling in with a winter storm hitting early in the day. The power remained out to much of the county Saturday morning, but has since been restored.

Utility officials said the power outage affected Hatton, Lind, Ritzville, Warden and Washtucna. Power outages were also reported in rural Franklin County near Connell.

“Due to heavy front on the power lines, we are experiencing multiple outages and lines down,” the cooperative said on social media. “ Our crew...