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Weather Forecast for December 10, 2015
Special Weather Statement – Landslides
Coastal Flood Advisory
Flood Warning – Skokomish River
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Governor Declares State of Emergency
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Idaho Site Eyed for Small Nuclear Reactors – ‘Modular
Reactors’ Would Serve Commercial Uses (Associated Press)
Cowlitz PUD Picks Top Finalist, Steve Kern, for New General
Manager (Longview Daily News, WA)
Outlook Encouraging for Columbia Fall Chinook in 2016
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Marijuana Cultivation Power Price Tag Could Reach $11
Billion Nationwide (Marijuana Business Daily)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Idaho Site Eyed for Small Nuclear Reactors – ‘Modular Reactors’ Would Serve Commercial Uses
- Cowlitz PUD Picks Top Finalist, Steve Kern, for New General Manager
- FAA to Check Bonneville Power Administration Wires for Possible Flight Hazard
- 45 New Native American Cultural Sites Found During Wanapum Dam Drawdown
- Clark Public Utilities Will Not Hike Electric Rate in 2016
- Liquefied Natural Gas Foes Enlist Oyster Farmers to Oppose Coos Bay Pipeline
- Clallam PUD Opens New Payment Centers
- BC Hydro in Hot Water over Dam Repairs
- President Obama Signs Transportation Bill with Grid Emergency Provisions
- Outlook Encouraging for Columbia Fall Chinook in 2016
- The Circle of Life – Dozens of Dead Salmon Found on Banks of Columbia River
- Clallam County Water Fluoridation Survey Count Starts This Monday
- Valley Solar: Ravalli Electric Co-op preparing to install community panels
- Santee Cooper Board Approves Fixed Charges for Solar Users
- Is a Green Power Program Worth Your Money?
- Marijuana Cultivation Power Price Tag Could Reach $11 Billion Nationwide
- Ohio Utility Leaves ALEC to Help States Implement Clean Power Plan
- Idaho Saving Millions from Broadband Internet Change
- Congress Inks Pact on Permanent Internet Access Tax Ban
- Are You Happy With Your Internet Service?
- Facebook Expands Sharing Options to Include Live Video
- Facebook Service Aimed at Professionals to Launch in Coming Months
- Indicted Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley Returns to Office Hoping to Head Off Impeachment
- Washington State Governor Declares State of Emergency
- Two Shelton Students Arrested after Handgun Found at High School
- Selecting the New Shelton City Administrator
- Christmas Trees Can Be a Blaze Waiting to Happen
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attends or assists: follower.
The college intern’s enthusiasm over her new position at
PepsiCo hit rock bottom on the second day. That’s when she learned that she’d
been assigned to the “Gatorade” division, with the inauspicious title of “electrolyte
acolyte.” Somewhere a clever HR staffer is still giggling.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Idaho Site Eyed for Small Nuclear Reactors – ‘Modular
Reactors’ Would Serve Commercial Uses (Associated Press)
Cowlitz PUD Picks Top Finalist, Steve Kern, for New General
Manager (Longview Daily News, WA)
FAA to Check Bonneville Power Administration Wires for
Possible Flight Hazard (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
45 New Native American Cultural Sites Found During Wanapum Dam
Drawdown (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Clark Public Utilities Will Not Hike Electric Rate in 2016
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Liquefied Natural Gas Foes Enlist Oyster Farmers to Oppose
Coos Bay Pipeline (Northwest Public
Radio)
Clallam PUD Opens New Payment Centers (Sequim Gazette, WA)
BC Hydro in Hot Water over Dam Repairs (Globe & Mail,
Canada)
President Obama Signs Transportation Bill with Grid
Emergency Provisions (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Outlook Encouraging for Columbia Fall Chinook in 2016 (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
The Circle of Life – Dozens of Dead Salmon Found on Banks of
Columbia River (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam County Water Fluoridation Survey Count Starts This
Monday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Valley Solar: Ravalli Electric Co-op preparing to install
community panels (Ravalli Republic, MT)
Santee Cooper Board Approves Fixed Charges for Solar Users
(Utility Dive)
Is a Green Power Program Worth Your Money? (The Energy
Collective)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Cultivation Power Price Tag Could Reach $11
Billion Nationwide (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Ohio Utility Leaves ALEC to Help States Implement Clean
Power Plan (Midwest Energy News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Idaho Saving Millions from Broadband Internet Change (KTVB-TV,
Boise, ID)
Congress Inks Pact on Permanent Internet Access Tax Ban
(Associated Press)
Are You Happy With Your Internet Service? (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Expands Sharing Options to Include Live Video
(Everett Herald, WA)
Facebook Service Aimed at Professionals to Launch in Coming
Months (Reuters)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Indicted Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley Returns to
Office Hoping to Head Off Impeachment (Northwest
Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Governor Declares State of Emergency
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Two Shelton Students Arrested after Handgun Found at High
School (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Selecting the New Shelton City Administrator (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Christmas Trees Can Be a Blaze Waiting to Happen (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Dentist Donates Gold from Dental Procedures to Charity
Pizza Delivery Driver Receives Tip of a Lifetime
Sewer Plant Helps Create Snow for Small Slice of Town
Deputy: Gator Killed Man in Community Hit by Burglaries
SONG OF THE DAY
Spandau Ballet – Gold
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