01/29/25 – Power Outage on Orcas

There is a planned power outage that is affecting one of our broadcast towers serving people in the White Beach and Sunderland Rd. areas.  This outage is expected to last until 12 pm; after that service should resume normally.  We will be monitoring our equipment to ensure it comes back online once power is restored.

11/26/24 – Outage on Orcas – UPDATE

There is a small outage on Orcas Island in the Deer Harbor area.  We are investigating the cause of the issue.

UPDATE: We are working on the outage and plan to have the connection restored by 2:30 today.

11/13/24 – Outage on Orcas – ONGOING

The power is still out at the broadcast site.  We have deployed a battery backup and our broadcasters are currently online and operational.  We anticipate the battery backup will last roughly six hours, and are optimistic that power at the site will be restored before then.

11/13/24 – Outage on Orcas – UPDATE

A broadcast hub that serves areas of Orcas in and around Rosario has stopped responding to us.  We are currently investigating the cause.

 

UPDATE: Power is out at the site where our broadcast tower is located.  The residents are attempting to restore power and our technician is analyzing the status of our equipment onsite.

11/13/24 – Power outage on Saturna

Last night’s windstorm knocked out power to several of our broadcasters that serve parts of Saturna and Orcas Island.  Local power crews are already on site, and our connections will resume automatically when power is restored.

11/12/24 – Site down on Orcas

One of our broadcast feeds that serves several customers in central Orcas got blown off alignment and is not currently passing traffic.  We are arranging for a tree climber to realign the installation as soon as weather conditions allow.