GREENBRIER COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – UPDATE 1/23/25 9:58 AM: All schools in Greenbrier County will now be open today.
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UPDATE 1/23/25 9:16 AM: The following schools in Greenbrier County will be closed today due to the outage:
Lewisburg Elementary, Ronceverte Elementary, Frankford Elementary, Eastern Greenbrier Middle, and Greenbrier East High.
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ORIGINAL STORY: Thousands are without power this morning in Greenbrier, Monroe, and Pocahontas counties.
According to FirstEnergy, 16,567 of its customers in the three counties are without power as of Thursday morning.
Greenbrier County is the hardest hit with 12,346 reported outages.
Outages by county:
Greenbrier: 12,346
Monroe: 2,920
Pocahontas: 1,301
FirstEnergy says that the cause of the outage is pending investigation and that crews are being assigned to investigate.
The estimated restoration is listed as today, Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 11:30 AM.
