County Briefs

PUDs deal with power outages

Mason County PUD 3 and 1 dealt with power outages throughout the Christmas weekend.

According to PUD 3’s Facebook page, the power was out Dec. 22 at Fawn Lake, but was restored in the evening. There was an outage affecting 300 customers in Belfair on Dec. 23 and an outage in the Matlock area affecting 145 customers in the morning before crews came out and restored power.

A tree fell near the Collins Lake Substation on the Tahuya Peninsula and knocked out power poles. Line crew were able to get the power restored by the morning of Christmas Eve. Customers on North S...