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Fort Boggy State Park's 7th Annual Kid Fish Set for Saturday, Feb. 24th

Fort Boggy State Park's 7th Annual Kid Fish Set for Saturday, Feb. 24th
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Registration Continues for Fort Boggy State Park's Annual Kid Fish

Registration Continues for Fort Boggy State Park's Annual Kid Fish
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Registration Opens for 7th Annual Kid Fish at Fort Boggy State Park

Registration Opens for 7th Annual Kid Fish at Fort Boggy State Park
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Thousands of East Texans without power in wake of Sunday's storms


Thousands of East Texans without power after Sunday storms
Power is out in some areas. (Source: WALB)
By Gary Bass | May 9, 2021 at 6:05 PM CDT - Updated May 10 at 6:43 AM
EAST TEXAS (KTRE) - Hours after a storm system moved through the Deep East Texas area, thousands of people are dealing with power outages.
According to the outage map on the Oncor website, the lion’s share of the company’s power outages is in Angelina and Nacogdoches counties, which had 2,190 and 3,365 outages, respectively. As of 6:00 a.m. Monday, Oncor’s outages also include 3 in Anderson County; 4 in Houston County; and 17 in Cherokee County.

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Thousands of Texans without power after Friday night's storms


Thousands of Texans without power after Friday night’s storms
Power is out in some areas. (Source: WALB)
By Gary Bass | April 10, 2021 at 12:04 PM CDT - Updated April 10 at 6:29 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Crews are in the process of restoring power to thousands of customers all over Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana after a strong storm system blew through the area Friday night.
The Southwestern Electric Power Company took a hard hit.
“Severe storms moved through the Ark-La-Texas late Friday, causing extensive damage – including downed poles and lines to SWEPCO’s electric system and leaving approximately 19,300 customers without power,” a press release stated. “At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, approximately 9.500 customers were without power, including 1,500 in Louisiana, 4,700 in Arkansas, and 3,400 in Texas.”

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Thousands of East Texans without power after Friday night's storms


Thousands of East Texans without power after Friday night’s storms
Power is out in some areas. (Source: WALB)
By Gary Bass | April 10, 2021 at 12:04 PM CDT - Updated April 10 at 12:04 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Crews are in the process of restoring power to thousands of customers all over Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana after a strong storm system blew through the area Friday night.
The Southwestern Electric Power Company took a hard hit.
“Severe storms moved through the Ark-La-Texas late Friday, causing extensive damage – including downed poles and lines to SWEPCO’s electric system and leaving approximately 19,300 customers without power,” a press release stated. “At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, approximately 9.500 customers were without power, including 1,500 in Louisiana, 4,700 in Arkansas, and 3,400 in Texas.”

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Houston County Electric Cooperative crews working to restore power to several East Texas counties


Houston County Electric Cooperative crews working to restore power to several East Texas counties
Crews are all actively working on these outages. (Source: HCEC)
By Nahum Lopez | March 17, 2021 at 8:49 AM CDT - Updated March 17 at 8:49 AM
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Wednesday morning several Houston County Electric Cooperative customers are out of power due to severe storms passing thru the area.
As of 8:15 AM, we have outage counts at the following: Anderson County: 28 Cherokee: 6 Houston County: 927 Leon County:...Posted by Houston County Electric Cooperative, Inc. on Wednesday, March 17, 2021
According to the post, crews are all actively working on these outages. And they are asking customers to report an outage using one of the following:

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East Texas electric cooperatives helping each other restore power in service areas


East Texas electric cooperatives helping each other restore power in service areas
The restoration process gained momentum from neighbor electric cooperatives coming to aid.
Hundreds of linemen from across East Texas are working to restore power. (Source: Kelby Koehler)
By Jeremy Thomas and Christian Terry | February 23, 2021 at 2:22 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 9:49 PM
KIRBYVILLE, Texas (KTRE) - Many East Texans remain without power Tuesday night after last week’s winter storm, but the restoration process has gained momentum from neighboring electric cooperatives coming to aid.
“I mean, I know it’s a lot of work, but it makes you feel good,” Rusk County Electric Senior Serviceman Mark Prior said. “A lot of people have been without lights a long time down there, and it just makes you feel good to get power.”

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Deep East Texas electric companies prepare for forecasted winter storm


Deep East Texas electric companies prepare for forecasted winter storm
East Texas electric companies are in high gear preparing for frigid conditions forecast for our area.
By Jeremy Thomas | February 11, 2021 at 11:08 AM CST - Updated February 12 at 1:37 AM
CROCKETT, Texas (KTRE) - East Texas electric companies are in high gear preparing for frigid conditions forecast for our area.
The Houston County Electric Cooperative serves 15,000 customers in nine counties including Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston and Trinity. General Manager Kathi Calvert said their preparations for the predicted winter storm started days ago.
“We are making sure all of trucks are stocked,” Calvert said. “All the equipment is running. We have fuel for chainsaws and saws. Linemen are getting prepared, and we have contractors on standby if there is a major outage.”

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