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The violent wind storm that swept through the region last week set wind speed records and left plenty of damage in its wake, but the loss of one tree in particular was felt by many in the Helena community. Almost every year during the holiday season, the community has gathered around a nearly 100-year-old spruce tree outside the Helena Civic Center for the "Light a Life" fundraiser benefiting Hospice of St. Peter's. But the 70-foot-tall evergreen was one of many casualties of the Jan. 13 storm, which brought wind gusts of up to 80 mph.  The tree also took out a lamp post on its way down. N...

Tens of thousands in the Inland Northwest could be without power through as long as this Sunday evening as Avista continues to fix damage from...

The wind Wednesday has been knocking out power all over the State and into Oregon but imagine being on a bridge when a giant gust of wind hits, terrifying

Credit Doug Nadvornick/SPR UPDATED: 8:25 pm  Utility crews are working overtime in eastern Washington and northern Idaho, picking up the pieces from Wednesday’s windstorm. High winds knocked down trees and power lines from the Canadian border down to the Palouse. In north Idaho, Erika Neff from Kootenai Electric Cooperative says, in the early evening, crews were trying to bring back power for more than 15,000 customers from nearly 50 outages. “We have 11 crews working right now and we’re calling in more contact crews. As they assess damage, we are asking our members to be prepared for ...

Credit Doug Nadvornick/SPR Crews from the region's utilities are back at it this morning [Thursday], working to restore power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Avista says Wednesday’s windstorm caused at least 1,600 outages in its service territory, knocking out electricity to about 70,000 customers. As of this morning, the utility says more than 45,000 are still not connected. Inland Power reports it still has 6,000 customers without power on Thursday morning, down from 20,000 during the peak of the outage on Wednesday afternoon. Still, ...