An overnight power outage in portions of Alexander City could show problems from dead trees following an April 2020 storm.
Alexander City residents were asking questions at Thursday’s Alexander City City Council meeting. Residents were concerned about the length and frequency of outages. An outage began about 8 p.m. Sunday and lasted until 6 a.m. Monday morning.
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