Kittitas County Commissioners don't like Small Wind Bill

Daily Record - January 26, 2012: Kittitas County officials are against small-wind bill. Kittitas County Commissioner Paul Jewell testified against a bill earlier this month in Olympia that more…

 
Utilities ask homeowners to help store excess energy to protect the grid.

At a wind farm near Ellensburg, Wash:  For decades, electric companies have swung into emergency mode when demand soars on blistering hot days, appealing to households more…

 
Kittitas County Commissioners unanimously shoot down a request to expand the area in the county where wind farms are allowed.

The denial followed several hours of testimony about whether to expand the existing wind-farm zone by more than 57-hundred acres. Commissoners say the expansion isn’t necessary more…

 
Washington Supreme Court Restricts Water Rights - Decision May Impede Development in Rural Counties

Another look and up-date of water issues in Cle Elum and Upper Kittitas County…  A recent Washington Supreme opinion will make it more difficult for rural more…

 
Possible new life for Kittitas solar project outside Cle Elum

The solar-power half of the alternative-energy supremacy that Kittitas County envisioned for itself may not be as close to death as it seemed to be a more…

 
Kittitas County investigating DOE

Kittitas County Prosecutor’s Office has initiated a criminal investigation into the actions of state Department of Ecology officials in connection with the agency making permanent the more…

 
Central Washington Home Builders Association to host director of Central Region Department of Ecology

To all Upper Kittitas County citizens and businesses impacted by the UKC water moratorium imposed by the DOE: Submitted by Jerry Martens: Thursday, May 26th, the more…

 
Long term water supply sought with Yakima basin plan - will it impact Upper County?

(Source: Daily Record,  March 24, 2011) ELLENSBURG — When Jack Eaton looks out over the Eaton family’s land holdings in the Yakima River Canyon, he may more…

 
e-Mail sent legislators asking repair of water issues in Upper Kittitas County "Water Moratorium"

Submitted by Steve Senger: This is a rewrite of an email I sent many of our legislators so they might support the repair of the water more…

 
Washington Groundwater: A Vital Resource -or- "Upper Kittitas County Water 101"

Despite scientific progress, groundwater is not well understood by many people. To some, it is a mysterious resource: magical, pure, and inexhaustible. Groundwater has no magic; more…