Around 8:15pm this evening the City of Alliance experienced a power outage. According to Alliance City Manager Rick Kuckkahn and Alliance Fire Chief Troy Shoemaker this is a “serious problem”. Kuckkahn says the main WAPA (Western Area Power Administration) lines to the Alliance Substation came loose causing the power outage. Kuckkahn relayed at 10:15pm that the “WAPA jumper at the 10th Street Sub-Station failed. WAPA is in route from Scottsbluff…the 3rd Street generators are on so a small portion of town is powered.” WAPA won’t let city crews fix the problem without them being on site.  Kuckkahn and Shoemaker say it could be a good amount of time before power is restored. WAPA crews are 2 hours out from the City of Alliance.

As of 4:04am we are still awaiting updates, and power is still off. Stay warm.

Stayed tuned to AM 1400 KCOW for continued updates on this serious situation. KCOW is on generator power, as well as, 105.9 Double Q Country.