Phone outage affects Turtle Mountain Motor Vehicle Department
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians announced that its tribal phone system is experiencing an outage expected to last three days, according to KXNET. The outage includes phone lines at the Turtle Mountain Motor Vehicle Department on the Turtle Mountain Reservation.
Phones at the department are expected to be unavailable until Thursday, Jan. 15, according to KXNET. Officials said the enrollment card machine and vehicle registration services are also temporarily down, with no timeline announced for restoration. The office remains open, and staff are available to assist people in person.
Office hours remain unchanged, and officials said they appreciate the public’s patience during the outage.
- 1.KXNET.
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