Downtown power outage caused by cable failure

by Rachel Waldholz, KCAW | Nov 12, 2013 | ,

An underground cable failure left parts of Sitka without electricity for several hours on Saturday morning. While most of the city’s electricity runs through overhead wires, Sitka’s downtown core is served by high-voltage underground cables. Those are subject to occasional failures, said Sitka Utilities Director Christopher Brewton. Read More