Open house for contractors slated at First Wind offices

Palouse Wind, developer of the wind turbine farm in north Whitman County, will host an open house for contractors Jan. 17 and 18 at their office in Oakesdale. The two sessions are sponsored by the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association.

Representatives from First Wind and R.M.T., the engineering and procurement contractor for the Palouse Wind project, will be present to talk with contractors.

Present from First Wind will be Ben Fairbanks, West Coast manager, and Ryland Moore, director of Business Development. R.M.T. will have David White, project manager, and Julie Wood, bid adm...