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Friday, February 15, 2013  Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is scheduled to attend a ceremony to mark wind power as Oklahoma State University's main source of electricity for its main campus in Stillwater.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Fiscal deal extends energy production tax

Monday, September 17, 2012  The Production Tax Credit, or PTC is set to expire this December, causing the future of wind farms to be uncertain.

Thursday, August 09, 2012  Swainson's Hawks are native birds of prey to the Texas Panhandle, but the construction of wind turbines in the raptors' natural environment could be driving them away.

Thursday, July 26, 2012  Bids are being sought to run a wind farm meant to help power the Pantex nuclear weapons plant in the Texas Panhandle.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  Potter County has been asked to create a reinvestment zone that would allow a wind farm to come into the area.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  Potter County commissioners met at court today and one of the issues discussed will protect victims of fire damage.

Thursday, February 17, 2011  The Panhandle has seen growth in wind energy development, and part of that is due to working up a system of transmission lines.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010  In 2008, "Pickens Plan" included wind energy and natural gas, two years later wind is out and natural gas is in.

Wednesday, December 08, 2010  A San Miguel County task force has proposed requiring a three-mile distance between homes and wind farms.

Thursday, June 24, 2010  A wind turbine company is building a 5-megawatt wind farm and manufacturing plant south of Clovis.

Thursday, April 29, 2010  A newly formed community-owned wind development farm is moving forward in Randall county.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010  The Obama administration has approved what would be the nation's first offshore wind farm, off Cape Cod, inching the U.S. closer to harvesting an untapped domestic energy source — the steady breezes blowing along its vast coasts.

Monday, November 02, 2009  Proposed Cape Cod wind farm could hit snag on tribes' claim turbines would ruin ancient ritual

Monday, November 02, 2009  From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion.