Judge reviews case law for wind appeal

Whitman County’s attempt to establish laws regarding commercial wind turbine installations hit the doldrums again last week.

The hangup came when Superior Court Judge David Frazier said he will need research time after a hearing on the process which led up to adoption of the law last November.

Thursday’s hearing was on Prosecutor Denis Tracy’s motion to dismiss two appeals on planner Alan Thomson’s decision that the ordinance presents no significant environmental impact. Thomson made that decision before the Whitman County Planning Commission approved its draft of the ordinance and county comm...