December 31, 2022 7:50 a.m.

Power restoration efforts by Douglas Electric Cooperative crews are nearly complete, following a windstorm that hit the region on Monday and Tuesday.

Assistant General Manager Phil Bigler said only 26 meters are without power as of late Friday night. 17 of those are in the Tenmile Lake area with the rest located in Lower Smith River, Scottsburg, Umpqua and Melrose.

Crews are resuming work on Saturday morning and expect to restore all the remaining outages by Saturday evening.