TDS telephone and online communications throughout Cathey’s Valley, Hornitos, Bear Valley, Hunters Valley and part of Mount Bullion went down late Tuesday afternoon, and as of Wednesday morning, none of the services had been restored.

The outage means there is no 911 service other than by cell phone, or any internet or telephone service in any of those areas should residents require assistance from the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office or Mariposa County Fire or other emergency serice provider.

Ron Bradshaw, the TDS Reginal Marketing Manager in Texas, told the Gazette  Wednesday morning that problem appears to rest with an AT&T fiber optic line, but that no timeline had been established to restore service.

Look for further details in the next edition of the Mariposa Gazette.