MONTEZUMA, Kansas — As long as the wind has been blowing through the Kansas plains, people have been harnessing it to do their work. But it wasn’t until 2001 that the first large-scale, megawatt-generating wind…

Marmaton Valley isn’t happy about the distribution of recent wind farm payments to schools. Kim Ensminger, USD 256 superintendent, along with board member Bob Rhodes, shared their concerns with commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting. “I’m expressing…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to sharply increase offshore wind energy along the East Coast, saying Monday it is taking initial steps toward approving a huge wind farm off the New Jersey…

A wind farm windfall likely will get USD 257 started on a revamped entrance to Iola High School. Board members discussed how best to use the $50,000 given to each of the three school districts…

MORAN — EDP Renewables, parent company of the Prairie Queen Wind Farm north of Moran, recently donated $5,000 to the Moran PRIDE/Thrive group to support the Moran Food Distribution program. Kevin Cook, site operations manager…

Represented by Angela Murphy, the SAFE Schools Committee reported to Allen County commissioners some of its recent work regarding school safety. The group has been working on strategic emergency planning, getting radios in schools, procuring…

Now that the Prairie Queen Wind Farm is operational, owners EDP Renewals at some point this year will pay $250,000 to Allen County as a “payment in lieu of taxes” (PILOT). Those payments will be…

It reads as a cautionary tale. Or someone with an agenda. In a December letter to a newspaper in Gainesville, Texas, Don Vogel wrote about a proposed wind farm in Texas that, if approved, would…

While Allen County’s new wind farm is up and going, the fate of more wind energy development in neighboring counties is decidedly murkier. Wind resistance is coming in two forms in Neosho County, and could…

Over the last two years, Rob Van Vleet has been slowly scrapping the last vestiges of Kimball, Nebraska?s first wind farm. The wind turbines are made to be sturdy, he said, but they don?t last…