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UPDATE: El Paso County Sheriff restores 911 outage for most residents of the Black Forest area.

El Paso County Sheriff's Office
Posted at 5:13 PM, Dec 01, 2022
and last updated 2022-12-02 16:52:08-05

BLACK FOREST, CO — The El Paso County Sheriff's Office restored a 911 service outage for most of the Black Forest area Thursday evening.

Certain residents along Loy Creek Rd. still do not have 911 land line services as of early Friday afternoon.

The residents of that area are asked to use the number 719-390-5555 for emergency and non-emergency issues.

It is unclear what caused the outage at this time. This is a developing story and will be updated as News5 learns more.
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