wind

The Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory from 5am to 5pm. Winds will blow out of the west from 30 to 40 mph and gust up to 50 mph as a cold front passes through the region.

From Boise to Jerome county yesterday's storm brought wind gusts of up to 65 miles per hour in some places. In Twin falls wind gusts were clocked at speeds of up to 45 miles per hour.  Thousands of folks were left without power for a short time in the wake of the storm...

The Bureau of Land Management sponsored a public hearing in Twin Falls yesterday so area residents could weigh in on the proposed China Mountain Wind Project in the Browns Bench area in southern Twin Falls County.

The Bureau of Land Management has been working on a draft environmental review of the China Mountain Wind Project near Rogerson for several months.  Now that draft review is completed and the BLM would like to get input from you regarding the project.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has released a draft environmental analysis for the proposed 400-megawatt China Mountain wind farm  near the Idaho-Nevada border.

Idaho’s largest wind power project is now up and running here in the Magic Valley.  The half a billion dollar project includes 122 turbines at 11 separate locations near Hagerman, Bliss and Burley.  The joint project by GE Energy Financial Services, Exergy Development Group  and others is now producing enough power from the wind to provide enough electricity to nearly 40,000 homes and indirectly s