The Douglas County 911 center has been notified of a telephone service outage affecting 911 service in the Reedsport, Winchester Bay and Gardiner areas. Charter Communications customers will experience the outage starting on April 6, 2016, from midnight through 6 am. During this time workers will be repairing lines that were damaged from a storm. People in the affected areas may not able to dial 911 from their land line telephone. They will be able to reach 911 on a cellular phone if necessary.