Commissioners approve road closure

A one-mile stretch of 841 Road, between 510 and 511 avenues, located in the southwest part of the county, has been officially closed.

A resolution for the road closure was finalized during the Antelope County Commissioners' March 9 meeting, during follow-up discussion after a March 2 public hearing.

The stretch of road sits east of the Antelope County - Wheeler County line, within Invenergy's Thunderhead wind project and allows access to driveways for two wind towers and a powerline, in addition to farmland owned by the Childers family, of Elgin.

Commissioners first learned of the potential cl...