Hilltop Turbines Signal The Winds of Change

Hilltop Turbines Signal The Winds of Change

THE BEACH TIMES — Twelve years ago, a train of cars headed up the long, dirt road that winds towards Arenal, loaded with piles of steel, concrete and rebar. The final goal was to erect 57 wind turbines along the top ridge. At the time, wind energy was nearly unheard of in Central America and, in a developing country still 73 per cent hydroelectric, one might have called the $35 million project visionary. At the...
Thousands Detained in Immigration Raid

Thousands Detained in Immigration Raid

THE BEACH TIMES — Heavily-armed police detained at least 1,000 people in separate immigration and crime raids in Tamarindo, Playas del Coco, and Filadelfia on the weekend. The raids began Friday at around midnight, when officers with automatic weapons and wearing bulletproof vests blocked exits to...
Abbey

Lawsuit Alleges Abuse at Mt. Angel Abbey in 1970s

WOODBURN INDEPENDENT — A Roman Catholic priest is suing Mt. Angel Abbey for more than $1 million for sexual abuse he says occurred in the 1970s. The priest, identified in the lawsuit as Father X, claims that Father Emmanuel Clark, who is now deceased, hugged him with his pants unzipped and pressed his head to his chest, telling him his...
Cold winter

Climatologists Predict Colder Winter

THE GOLDENDALE SENTINEL — Klickitat County residents should brace themselves for more of the harsh weather conditions that hit the region this week, weather experts said on Monday. In fact, winter will be colder than average throughout the state of Washington this year, climatologists predicted. “The temperatures for the entire state...