Oct 30, 2009 | Kansas City Star
Graves cleared in ethics complaint
The House ethics committee on Thursday cleared U.S. Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri of any wrongdoing in connection with a congressional appearance by a friend last spring.
Treasury & Energy Surpass US $1B Mark in Recovery Act Awards
Washington, D.C., United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Energy Secretary Steven Chu this week hosted a group of clean energy developers and manufacturers at the White House to discuss how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is creating jobs and helping expand the development of clean, renewable ...
U.S. awards $550 million in renewable energy grants
The U.S. government on Tuesday awarded $550 million in grants to develop renewable energy projects to help double U.S. renewable energy production over the next few years, an Obama administration goal.
Congress is returning this week with health care reform front and center
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves opposed Democratic efforts to reform health care even before the August recess wrote a whole new chapter about political anger in the United States.Twenty-three town hall meetings later, the Tarkio farmer and four-term Republican from northwest Missouri returns with the rest of Congress to Washington this week even more ...
Mo. man defends rural life in major magazines
A northwest Missouri man is using his pen to stand up for the heartland. Blake Hurst and his wife, Julie, have run a plant nursery in Tarkio for the past 26 years.
Wind Energy Skyrockets in Northwest Missouri
Wind energy has skyrocketed in Northwest Missouri. Experts said the completion of the Farmers City Wind Farm near Tarkio, Mo., has increased the state's wind farm capacity by 90%. According to a national survey, Missouri received the third-highest amound of wind farm capacity in the nation.
Former Mo. teacher, coach acquitted of child molestation charges
A former northwest Missouri physical education teacher and coach has been acquitted of child molestation charges.
St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO
A former Tarkio gym teacher and basketball coach is breathing a sigh of relief after being found innocent of sex crime charges Friday evening.
Missouri wind energy capacity soars
A national survey of wind energy says Missouri added the third-highest amount of wind farm capacity in the nation during the second quarter of the year.