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About Laura King-Homan

Laura King-Homan is a contributor to the Storm & Outage Center and a communications specialist at Omaha Public Power District. She has nearly 20 years of print journalism and design experience, which lets her tell the stories of OPPD and its employees both graphically and through her writing. Laura and her husband have a teenage daughter and toddler-age son. When she’s not parenting two ends of the childhood spectrum, she’s juggling her DVR space and obsessively consuming TV and pop culture. She hopes that all of her pop culture knowledge will be useful someday, but she’s content just acing trivia quizzes for now.
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Wind and ice have weighty effect on power lines

See how OPPD prepares for the damaging effects of snow and ice on transmission and distribution lines – and how wind alone can be just as dangerous.

Sarpy County outage resolved

Power was restored in the Sarpy County outage that was caused by a construction crew cutting through a primary cable near the intersection of Highway 370 and 144th Street.

Crews finished final repairs in Richardson County around midnight

All in Richardson County restored after battle with winds, ice and blowing snow Tuesday.

Central Omaha outage fully restored at 4:38 p.m.

OPPD crews have restored outage along Harrison Street.

OPPD crews addressing outage in downtown Omaha

Crews’ work will bring back power to portion of those affected in downtown outage

Northeast Omaha outage affecting 1900, a crew is enroute

Northeast Omaha outage restored

Monday morning outage affected 1,100

Outage restored; crews repairing damaged equipment

Remember simple safety when using roof rakes

Raking your roof can prevent damage, but it can also be dangerous, especially around power lines.

Prepare for winter driving with this checklist

Include these items in your car’s emergency kit as you head out on the roads this winter. With this kit in your vehicle, you’ll be prepared for winter’s driving surprises.

Sarpy County crash prompts outage for 1,300 near 72nd, Capehart

Outage near 72nd, Capehart fully restored, but repairs continue following crash