Much of the St. Thomas campus and surrounding neighborhood lost power at around 1 p.m. Monday due to an issue at an Xcel substation. Power was restored at around 1:45 p.m. Kevin Lynch, Anya Capistrant-Kinney and Justin Jones have the story.
President Biden’s stage is set for tonight’s State of the Union, Timberwolves All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns was ruled out of Thursday’s game with a knee injury and Xcel Energy said its facilities played a role in igniting Texas wildfires. Juan Del Valle has today’s News in :90.
A NASA telescope captures the biggest solar flare in years, Prince Harry wins his privacy case against Mirror Group Newspaper, and Xcel Energy is fined after a leak at their Monticello power plant. Designer Anita Alvarado has today’s News in :90.
Protests against French president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force a bill raising the retirement age. The North Dakota supreme court ruled that a state abortion ban will remain blocked. Minnesota regulators said Thursday they’re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400-thousand gallons of radioactive water from XCEL energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant.
Employers in the United States added 266,000 jobs last month, which is sharply lower than in March, and China’s trade with the U.S. and the rest of the world surged by double digits in April as consumer demand recovered. Reporter Josie Morss has today’s News in :90.
According to Xcel Energy, a third-party contractor that was doing excavation work Thursday afternoon struck a gas line near the Marshall Stop gas station on Cleveland and Marshall avenues, causing a gas leak and outage for the neighborhood. Production Editor Justin Amaker has the story.
A power outage affected parts of the University of St. Thomas campus and the surrounding St. Paul area Saturday morning at 9:47 a.m. but was restored within an hour.
Nine positive COVID-19 cases were reported at St. Thomas, security officials say that bad intelligence was to blame for the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and Xcel Energy was named one of the world’s most ethical companies. Videographer Maddie Combs has today’s News in :90.
The University of St. Thomas lost power Wednesday morning due to an Xcel Energy outage, in Parkland, Florida, the community is remembering the loss of 14 students and three staff members a year ago today, and The EPA announced Thursday it will move forward with a process that could lead to creating a safety threshold for a group of highly toxic chemicals in drinking water. Opinions Editor Abby Sliva has today’s News in :90.
The St. Thomas campus was among several St. Paul neighborhoods which briefly lost power twice on Wednesday morning.
Xcel Energy announces plan for a South Dakota wind farm, and reading educators receive a boost from the U.S. Department of Education. Sports editor Noah Brown has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas was ranked No. 19 on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnerships top 30 list among colleges and universities nationwide.
The Xcel Energy grant will give the engineering program access to a small-scale, low environmental impact energy production center.
