power outages

Follow us as we update you on the latest thunderstorm and outage news.

Electric companies and co-ops are struggling to re-establish the grid after last month’s storms. Why residents are being encouraged to plant native species. And a long-time Bloomington restaurant is changing ownership.

In remote parts of the state, electric co-ops are the only way residents can get power to their homes. They face a unique set of challenges that set them apart from Duke and AES.

The effectiveness of Monroe County Emergency Management’s response was a topic of a staff report and public comment at this week's board of commissioners meeting.

Duke Energy reported about 15,000 homes in Indiana were without power early Saturday, including 2,000 in the Bloomington area. Restoration work is expected to be completed later Saturday morning.

One Bloomington resident asked City Limits why so many power lines are above ground, as electrical lines become increasingly vulnerable to storms and outages.