National Guard assigned to Clackamas, Marion counties
The troops will help provide relief in counties still hit hard by the winter storm.
Portland General Electric crews continued working Saturday, Feb. 20, to restore power to the thousands of people still affected by a wicked winter storm that hit the area beginning Feb. 11.
Although the vast majority of people have had their power restored, tens of thousands of PGE customers remain without electricity.
Officials with Clackamas County and the Oregon National Guard are partnering to go door to door to conduct welfare checks on residents affected by the winter storm and ongoing power outages Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 20 and 21. Marion County officials said guard members may start helping as early as Monday morning, Feb. 22.