Gorge colleges sprouting wind farmers (KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland)

8 March 2010, 12:35 pm

The wind farms sprouting across Washington and Oregon need technicians who can climb 200 feet in the air to work on turbines. Over the next five to 10 years more than 700 jobs will be available, paying an average starting wage of $20 an hour. That's according to a December report published by Columbia Gorge Community College in The Dalles and the Yakima-based South Central Washington Workforce ...... Read More »

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