Area residents say "no" to turbines

Teresa Simpson, Whitman County Gazette | Mar 14, 20240

Paul Delaney | Free Press Publishing count

A wrong-way sign with wind turbines and Mount Stuart in the background near Thorp, off Interstate 90 between Ellensburg and Cle Elum, represents how some local residents feel about their development.

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PALOUSE - Several Whitman County residents are speaking out against a proposed Harvest Hills Wind Project near Kamiak Butte.

Opposition is also building to wind turbine construction plans for nearby Spangle, Fairfield, Reardan, Edwall and Davenport areas.

At press time, local residents were planning an organizational meeting for March 13 at Colfax Golf Course. The newspaper went to press before the meeting.

Colfax-area resident Dan Lenssen said the meeting was organized to provide information to residents and others wanting to know more about plans for wind turbines in the county.

"It's to see...