MISSOULA – Several thousand NorthWestern Energy customers are in the dark at this hour following a power outage in Missoula.
The utility reports that around 3,400 customers are impacted in the Pattee Canyon area.
The University of Montana is also without power on its main campus as well as several Missoula schools including Hellgate High School.
Missoula County Public Schools reports that Paxson and Lewis and Clark schools are also without power.
Crews have been dispatched. There’s no word yet on what caused the outage or how long it will last.
We’ll have more information on this developing story as it becomes available.
