County phones will be down

County government phone lines will be down for four hours Sunday morning for system upgrades.

Callers to most Spokane County phone numbers that start with the 477 prefix will hear a busy signal from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., according to a Spokane County press release.

The temporary outage will not affect 911 service.

Officials ask that residents postpone non-emergency calls to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office’s (509) 477-5980 line until after 11 a.m.