The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office has implemented an emergency communications plan because of a major landline telephone outage.
The Frontier Communications outage Monday is affecting the landline 911 lines going to the county’s emergency communications center, Sheriff Keith Lovin said. People using cell phones can still call 911 and get through, however.
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The sheriff’s office has placed deputies at Hiwassee Dam at Station Three and at the Range in Marble until the outage is resolved, Lovin said.
Frontier officials could not be reached for comment about the cause of the outage or how long repairs could take. It’s not clear if the problem was caused by Sunday night storms.
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I cannot receive or make long distance phone calls at this time unless I use my cell phone.
David DeGerolamo
