A brand new harvest view

Palouse Wind turbines dwarf the John Deere 9600 combine of Larry Brown as he harvests wheat from the hills around Naff Ridge Sunday afternoon.

The blades on the turbines in the background were placed on towers last Thursday, the first three of the 58 turbines to be completed.

Blades are currently being put on more turbines farther up Naff Ridge.

This year marks the last year Brown’s farm will harvest wheat from this ground east of Highway 195 just south of the Horn School Rest Area without the turbines spinning above.

Palouse Wind will sell an average of 40 megawatts of electricity from the wi...