Most power should be back Thursday

Havre Daily New staff

The power has not been restored everywhere, but NorthWestern Energy reports its crews are still working on power outages caused by the record-setting snow storm Oct. 2-3, and hopes to have all higher-priority customers back in service by Thursday.

In an update late Tuesday morning, company spokesman Butch Larcombe said NorthWestern still had 220 customers without power. That number included some homes but also included lower-priority hookups such as irrigation pumps and outbuildings including barns as well as corrals, he added.

“We don’t have a good breakdown of how many...