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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Shelton City Manager Calls for Accountability with City
Projects (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Ag Voices Must Be Heard on Columbia River System; Group Says
(Capital Press)
Google Fiber Puts Portland on a Shelf (Oregonian, Portland)
Clouds Gather in Rooftop Solar’s Biggest U-S Market
(Reuters)
Marijuana Tax Brings in $45 Million for Washington – Nine
More States Consider Legalization (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Ag Voices Must Be Heard on Columbia River System; Group Says
- NuScale Getting Ready for Design Certification Submission
- Jefferson PUD Sets November 10 for Rate-Hike Hearing
- U-S Wants Mexico Under Electric Grid Security Pact Before Year’s End
- ‘Solar Winds’ Spur Geomagnetic Storm That May Affect Power
- Living on Borrowed Time: Yakima-Tieton Canal Is More Than 100 Years Old, But Replacement Won’t Be Cheap
- Clouds Gather in Rooftop Solar’s Biggest U-S Market
- Rhode Island: Wind Industry Celebrates Offshore Farm, Discusses Next Steps
- Marijuana Tax Brings in $45 Million for Washington – Nine More States Consider Legalization
- France to Drop Carbon Tax Plan: Les Echos
- India’s Air-Conditioning & Climate Change Quandary
- Google Fiber Puts Portland on a Shelf
- Google Fiber Broadband Plan Scaled Back
- Pole Attachments – Comcast Sues Nashville to Slow Google Fiber
- ‘This Attack Was Different’ – Cyberthreat Draws Utility Warnings
- Pennsylvania: Counties Put Telephone Companies on the Hook for Under-Billed 911 Fees
- Three Social Media Tactics for Businesses That Struggle with Social
- Audio: Social Media Company Twitter Struggles Financially
- Shelton City Manager Calls for Accountability with City Projects
- Potential Juror Bias Weighed in Conspiracy Trial of Oregon Militants
- Washington Tribes Call for Better Federal Consultation
- Enough Supplies for Two Weeks? Changes to Earthquake Preparedness
- Vanport, City That Was – Destroyed by Columbia River Flood
- City of Shelton Completes Work on Brockdale Road Pedestrian Pathway
- Vatican Clarifies the Rules for Cremation: Bury, Don’t Scatter
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Ag Voices Must Be Heard on Columbia River System; Group Says
(Capital Press)
NuScale Getting Ready for Design Certification Submission
(The Energy Collective)
Jefferson PUD Sets November 10 for Rate-Hike Hearing (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
U-S Wants Mexico Under Electric Grid Security Pact Before
Year’s End (Washington Examiner)
‘Solar Winds’ Spur Geomagnetic Storm That May Affect Power (Bloomberg
News)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Living on Borrowed Time: Yakima-Tieton Canal Is More Than 100
Years Old, But Replacement Won’t Be Cheap (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Clouds Gather in Rooftop Solar’s Biggest U-S Market (Reuters)
Rhode Island: Wind Industry Celebrates Offshore Farm,
Discusses Next Steps (Associated Press)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Tax Brings in $45 Million for Washington – Nine
More States Consider Legalization (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
France to Drop Carbon Tax Plan: Les Echos (Reuters)
India’s Air-Conditioning & Climate Change Quandary (NY
Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber Puts Portland on a Shelf (Oregonian, Portland)
Google Fiber Broadband Plan Scaled Back (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Pole Attachments – Comcast Sues Nashville to Slow Google
Fiber (Broadband Reports)
‘This Attack Was Different’ – Cyberthreat Draws Utility
Warnings (E&E News)
Pennsylvania: Counties Put Telephone Companies on the Hook for
Under-Billed 911 Fees (NACo News)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Three Social Media Tactics for Businesses That Struggle with
Social (Social Media Examiner)
Audio: Social Media Company Twitter Struggles Financially (National
Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton City Manager Calls for Accountability with City
Projects (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Potential Juror Bias Weighed in Conspiracy Trial of Oregon Militants
(Reuters)
Washington Tribes Call for Better Federal Consultation (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Enough Supplies for Two Weeks? Changes to Earthquake
Preparedness (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Vanport, City That Was – Destroyed by Columbia River Flood
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
City of Shelton Completes Work on Brockdale Road Pedestrian
Pathway (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Vatican Clarifies the Rules for Cremation: Bury, Don’t
Scatter (NY Times)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Message in a Bottle Discovered Long After Cast Out to Sea
Cat Missing for Months Returns on Owner’s Birthday
Youth League Kicks Out Team After Man Plays in Football Game
94-Year-Old Who Has Been Fire Chief Since 1953 Is Retiring
SONG OF THE DAY
Elvis Costello – Penny Lane
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