Wind ordinance gets 3-0 approval

Whitman County commissioners unanimously codified the new industrial wind power zoning ordinance Monday, without any of the controversy that accompanied the more than two-year process of crafting the ordinance.

“I know not everybody’s happy,” said Commissioner Michael Largent. “But this is how the process works.”

Commissioners inserted some last minute changes into the ordinance that was passed by the county planning commission.

Those changes were spurred by Commissioner Greg Partch after hearing testimony at a Nov. 2 public hearing on the ordinance.

“After listening to the testimony that we h...