Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
A construction crew in Lebanon accidentally cut a fiber-optic telephone line Saturday morning, leaving Sweet Home unable to contact the outside world, at least by phone.
The outage knocked out all phone service, including cell phone and DSL service, to areas outside Sweet Home, including 911 service.
Bob Campbell, area supervisor for Sweet Home and Brownsville, said a backhoe hit the line while a crew was trenching a 4-foot…