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Entergy Arkansas says a total of about 2,500 customers were affected.

Electric company crews repair substation circuit, restore power within an hour, company says.

About 8,000 customers of Petit Jean Electric Cooperative in Van Buren Coutny spent about two hours in the dark Wednesday night due to a power outage.

A man running a generator in his garage was found dead Monday morning from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.

Entergy Arkansas says it is nearing completion of the massive restoration effort that has been going on since Christmas.

With many Arkansans entering their fourth day without power, the Arkansas Department of Health has provided some tips for dealing with food in a power outage.  |   Keeping food and water safe after a power outage (635.5KB)

Entergy says it will open a Customer Information Center Saturday to talk with customers affected by the on-going power outage.

The hottest item during these cold, dark days? It's a 5,000 watt generator!

Entergy Arkansas President Hugh McDonald said crews have restored power to about forty percent of its customers, but there's still a lot of work to do.

Entergy Arkansas reports about 112,000 customers remain without electricity as the state braces for freezing rain following a Christmas Day storm that buried much of the state in snow.

It's been 5 days going into 6 nights since the winter storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of Arkansans.

A cold rain fell across Arkansas on Friday, washing away some of the Christmas Day ice and snow that knocked out power to 194,000 customers - including businesses that rely on post-holiday sales - of the state's largest electric utility.

In Hillcrest, seeing Entergy in the neighborhood is a double-edged sword. Neighbors like to see them work, but they can't wait until they leave.

Entergy Arkansas says it is still assessing damage from the winter storm that knocked out electricity to a peak of nearly 200,000 of its customers.

Entergy Arkansas says more than 189,000 customers are without power after a Christmas Day winter storm covered the state in snow and ice.

A winter storm packing freezing rain, sleet and snow slid across Oklahoma and into Arkansas on Christmas Day, setting off a 21-vehicle pileup that tied up two cross-country interstates and killing an Oklahoma woman who was riding in a car on a slippery highway.

The American Red Cross is opening four emergency shelters for those who lost power in the Christmas snowstorm.

Arkansas' largest utility warned Wednesday that some customers who lost power during the holiday blizzard that dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the state may have to ring in 2013 by candlelight.

Until the electricity comes back on, some families are going on a third night in the cold and in the dark.

Power lines down over I-630 near the Rodney Parham exit shut the highway down for a time and left nearly 2,000 customers without power Wednesday night. Now Entergy says all power has been restored.

The power has been restored after Entergy customers in Vilonia woke up Tuesday morning without power for the second time in a week.

More than 135,000 people were without electricity in Arkansas on Thursday as the state braced for a bout of freezing rain just days after a massive storm buried much of the state in snow.

Nearly 7,000 customers in Saline County have power back after spending more than 4 hours in the dark Sunday.

About 14,000 First Electric customers were without power in Saline County Sunday.

Some residents in western Arkansas can blame a power outage on a bunch of birds.

Quick moving storms moving through central Arkansas have knocked out power for thousands of customers.