Independently owned since 1905
Independently owned since 1905
KNOCKED DOWN - In Thompson Falls, a few street signs were blown off their posts by wind gusts, including at Pond and Main streets near the post office.
TIMBER - Gabby and Ava Taylor stand next to a large spruce tree that fell in their yard in Thompson Falls. The tree damaged the deck and roof of the Taylor family's home.
Wind gusts of more than 60 miles per hour ripped through Sanders County last weekend, leaving a trail of downed trees and causing power outages through much of the west end of the county.
Several trees along Blue Slide Road between Thompson Falls and Trout Creek were down Saturday, cutting the power to hundreds of Northern Lights customers. The company had most of their customers' power restored early Sunday morning.
Saturday afternoon, a review of the electric company's outage map showed more than 70 outages throughout their service area, which includes parts of western Montana and northern Idaho.
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