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Rolling blackouts in parts of US Northwest amid heat wave

by Nicholas K. Geranios
| June 29, 2021 2:03 PM

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The unprecedented Northwest U.S. heat wave that slammed Seattle and Portland, Oregon, moved inland Tuesday — prompting a electrical utility in Spokane, Washington, to warn that people will face more rolling blackouts amid heavy power demand.

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