Telephone Service Outage Reported in Sutherlin & Oakland Affecting 911 Service

(DCSO) DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. - The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has been notified by Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink) of a service disruption which is impacting residents in the Sutherlin and Oakland areas due to a fiber line cut. The service disruption may affect the ability for residents in the area to reach 9-1-1 on a Lumen Technologies (CenturyLink) landline. Residents may be able to get through to emergency services on a cellular telephone, if they have service. The Sutherlin fire station is also staffed with personnel. At this time, there is no estimated time of repair. Additional details will be released as they become available.