KTNA Online but Off Air this morning
UPDATE from MEA 8:30am: This outage has been restored. There was a tree on the line that was removed and repairs were made. If you’re still out of power, please
UPDATE from MEA 8:30am: This outage has been restored. There was a tree on the line that was removed and repairs were made. If you’re still out of power, please call 907-746-7697 or report via SmartHub.
UPDATE 7:10am: KTNA is back ON AIR! Thanks to George Menard for getting the generator running. No update at this point from MEA. The outage also affects the Parks Highway between the Talkeetna Spur Road to Trapper Creek.
MEA is working on a power outage this morning that affects much of Trapper Creek and north along the highway as far as MEA serves. KTNA will be off air until MEA restores power. You can stream the morning broadcast at ktna.org/listen.html (click the yellow button above right).
You can follow progress on the power outage at www.facebook.com/matanuskaelectricassociation and ebill.mea.coop/maps/public/OutageWebMap.
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