Sheriff reports generator failure during multi-county outage, requests backup technical support
Jul 20, 2026
Sheriff KC Bang reported that an electrical outage on July 19 prevented the courthouse generator from automatically starting, which cut local communications and the 911 line; deputies manually started the generator and found it nearly out of diesel.
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Sheriff KC Bang reported to the board that a major electrical outage on July 19 affected several counties and caused the courthouse generator to fail to start automatically, leaving the courthouse without its normal local communications and the 911 telephone line until deputies manually started the unit and refueled it.
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