First Wind offers area scholarship

First Wind, the Boston-based company looking to install up a 100-megawatt wind turbine farm west of Oakesdale, announced Friday it will offer a scholarship for students attending high school near the project site.

First Wind will offer up to a $3,000 scholarship to northern Whitman County students. To be eligible, applicants must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average and plan to enroll in earth or environmental sciences, engineering or technology after high school.

“We are excited to offer for the first time the First Wind Scholars program to our high schools surrounding Palouse Wind,” said B...