Richard and Jean Hemphill can look out the window of their Pilot Rock home and see where massive towers will stand and carry the Boardman to Hemingway transmission line. Those towers will stand 100-140 feet tall, according to Idaho Power Co., the primary force behind the 500-kilovolt line that would stretch almost 300 miles from a substation in southwestern Idaho to Boardman.

The Hemphills are among area landowners who are in the midst of a battle with power companies trying to place the line. They said they are fighting a losing battle, and they remain upset about the coming project.

Residents of a 46-unit apartment complex in Hermiston have to find new places to live. When the residents of Highland Manor apartments got home on Wednesday, Feb. 2, they found a letter posted on their doors. The letter from the new apartment owner, Clover Housing Group LLC, states “We will be vacating the apartment complex for remodeling and updating as soon as possible. We know moving is difficult and we do apologize for this inconvenience.” The tenants expressed their disappointment, and the new owner said this move is necessary in order to upgrade the property.