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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Get Ready for the New Smoky Norm of the Pacific Northwest
Summer (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Briefs NW Power &
Conservation Council on the Spring Spill Surcharge Numbers (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Gets Update on
Bonneville Power Administration Efforts to Reduce Funding for Fish
&Wildlife Program Projects (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
ISPs Say They Can’t Expand Broadband Unless Gov’t Gives Them
More Money (Ars Technica)
Shelton & Alderbrook: Two Outstanding Treatment Plants
in Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Briefs NW Power
& Conservation Council on the Spring Spill Surcharge Numbers
2.
Washington State Man Survives 480-Volt Electric
Shock
3.
Vote on New Grant PUD Class Scheduled for Aug.
28
4.
Clallam PUD to Consider Naming Finalists for
Vacant Seat
5.
Senator Murkowski: FERC Nominee Should Go Litmus
Test-Free
6.
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Gets
Update on Bonneville Power Administration Efforts to Reduce Funding for Fish
&Wildlife Program Projects
7.
Report Summarizes Tribes’ Work, Results from 10
Years of Columbia River Fish Accords
8.
Hood Canal to Reopen for Two More Days of Shrimp
Fishing
9.
Op/Ed: Save the Orcas? We’ll Have to Do This
One, Radical Thing
10.
Washington State Electric Utilities Meet
Renewable Energy Requirements
11.
In Shadow of Mt. Etna, Europe Makes a Last Stand
for Solar
12.
ISPs Say They Can’t Expand Broadband Unless
Gov’t Gives Them More Money
13.
Montana’s U-S Senator Tester: FCC’s Broadband
Maps ‘Stink’
14.
Elon Musk Tells Newspaper He’s Cracking Under
Stress of Tesla Job
15.
The Week in Tech: When in Doubt, Never Tweet
16.
Six “Positive” Expressions You Say That Can
Actually Be Offensive
17.
Shelton & Alderbrook: Two Outstanding
Treatment Plants in Mason County
18.
City Sewer Connection Fee Case Goes to Idaho’s
Highest Court
19.
Get Ready for the New Smoky Norm of the Pacific
Northwest Summer
20.
Home Away from Home: Firefighters Find Rest at
Shelton Airport
21.
Editorial: Pacific Northwest Fight for Clean Air
Getting Serious
22.
Seattle Climber Dies in Fall at Mount Rainier
National Park
23.
Yellow Jackets, Hornets, Wasps Hunting for Sugar
Now
WORD OF THE DAY
Cabal • \kuh-BAHL\ • noun – The artifices & intrigues of
a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government);
also: a group engaged in such artifices & intrigues 2: club, group
The “Lord of the Rings” fanboys were aghast. It wasn’t until
it was too late that they discovered an anti-Gandalf cabal of Saruman clones in
center of their role-playing community. “The White Wizard takes your game
piece,” crowed the leader of the renegade group, as he reached forth his “Cheetos”-stained
fingers to snatch the small, collector’s edition statue of the Gray Wizard off
the game board.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Briefs NW Power
& Conservation Council on the Spring Spill Surcharge Numbers (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
2.
Washington State Man Survives 480-Volt Electric
Shock (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington-man-survives-480-volt-electric-shock/283-584886913
3.
Vote on New Grant PUD Class Scheduled for Aug.
28 (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
4.
Clallam PUD to Consider Naming Finalists for Vacant
Seat (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
5.
Senator Murkowski: FERC Nominee Should Go Litmus
Test-Free (Politicos’ Morning Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Gets
Update on Bonneville Power Administration Efforts to Reduce Funding for Fish
&Wildlife Program Projects (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
7.
Report Summarizes Tribes’ Work, Results from 10
Years of Columbia River Fish Accords (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
8.
Hood Canal to Reopen for Two More Days of Shrimp
Fishing (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
9.
Op/Ed: Save the Orcas? We’ll Have to Do This
One, Radical Thing (Crosscut Seattle)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. Washington
State Electric Utilities Meet Renewable Energy Requirements (South Sound
Business)
11. In
Shadow of Mt. Etna, Europe Makes a Last Stand for Solar (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12. ISPs
Say They Can’t Expand Broadband Unless Gov’t Gives Them More Money (Ars
Technica)
13. Montana’s
U-S Senator Tester: FCC’s Broadband Maps ‘Stink’ (Multichannel News)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
14. Elon
Musk Tells Newspaper He’s Cracking Under Stress of Tesla Job (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
15. The
Week in Tech: When in Doubt, Never Tweet (NY Times)
16. Six
“Positive” Expressions You Say That Can Actually Be Offensive (Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90214500/six-positive-expressions-you-say-that-can-actually-be-offensive
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
17. Shelton
& Alderbrook: Two Outstanding Treatment Plants in Mason County (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
18. City
Sewer Connection Fee Case Goes to Idaho’s Highest Court (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
19. Get
Ready for the New Smoky Norm of the Pacific Northwest Summer (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
20. Home
Away from Home: Firefighters Find Rest at Shelton Airport (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
21. Editorial:
Pacific Northwest Fight for Clean Air Getting Serious (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
22. Seattle
Climber Dies in Fall at Mount Rainier National Park (Associated Press)
23. Yellow
Jackets, Hornets, Wasps Hunting for Sugar Now (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Cheese of the Dead – World’s Oldest Cheese Discovered In
Egyptian Tomb
George Washington gold coin sells for $1.7 million
Get Your Best Jokes Ready, Cards Against Humanity Hiring
Writers
‘She Is Fierce’: Pint-Size Tap Dancer Reflects on Getting Aretha
Franklin’s ‘Respect’
SONG OF THE DAY
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
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