FLATHEAD VALLEY — Power has been restored after a large-scale outage affected about 22,000 Flathead Electric members across most of Flathead Valley.
Flathead Electric confirmed the outage was caused by equipment failure at a main substation.
Crews worked for several hours to identify the issue and restore service as quickly as possible.
Traffic signals in affected areas were also impacted during the outage and were treated as four-way stops.