CHEYENNE – Black Hills Energy responded to a power outage in Cheyenne Tuesday night that affected almost 4,900 customers.

The alert was issued at 8:44 p.m. for customers in the area of Rock Springs Street north to Storey Boulevard.

According to a post in the Cheyenne Community Connections Facebook group, commenters were citing outages near Ridge Road, Buffalo Ridge, a portion of Dell Range Boulevard, Whitney Ranch Subdivision, Imperial Valley and more. Other commenters located in The Pointe and Western Hills said their power flickered, but came back quickly.

Lynn Kendall, Black Hills regional manager of public affairs, said the outage was caused by a downed power line, although the reason for the damage is unknown.

Kendall said a repair team responded immediately to fix the damage, a

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