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[SoDu Alert] Hope Valley Farms Area Loses Power for Second Day in a Row
It's not clear yet what caused tonight's outage, which was first reported around 8:47 p.m. Estimated time of restoration is currently 12:45 a.m.
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[SoDu Alert] Power Outage Strikes Hope Valley Farms
By 1:36 p.m., it was estimated that power would be restored by 3:30 p.m.
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