Dozens of streetlights on Interstate 84 near Halsey Street in Northeast Portland aren’t working, thanks to copper-wire thieves, leaving a stretch of freeway dark at night — and the state with hundreds ...
It's an epidemic that stretches across the nation: Copper wire thefts.
Stockton is advancing its plan to replace streetlights with solar-powered lights in the Weston Ranch area, aiming to install ...
“Thieves are targeting our street lighting systems, stealing thousands of feet of copper wire at a time,” Manatee County Government said in a recent Facebook post. “Each incident results in tens of ...
Video sent to KIRO Newsradio showed pounds and pounds of wire insulation hauled out of a Seattle encampment cleanup.
Police say thieves can remove wiring from a single pole in minutes, but repairs can take months or even years, depending on damage and resources.