POST FALLS, Idaho — Over 2,400 customers in the Post Falls area were left without power, now that number has dropped down to 153 customers being affected.
As of 8:25 p.m. Friday, 2,417 customers were without power.
According to Avista’s outage map, they expect it to be restored around 9:45 p.m. As of 9:11 p.m., Avista says the time of restoration will be tomorrow at 3:45 a.m. They found that the cause of the outage was from a tree that fell on a wire. Avista said crews are working to restore power, weather and safety conditions permitting.
The outage impacted the Post Falls High basketball games. KREM 2’s Brett Allbery was at the girl’s basketball game when the power went out. They tried to finish the game while using the school’s backup lights.
Allbery said the boy’s game was moved to Lake City High School in Coeur d’Alene.
