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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
80 Million Should Get Stimulus Checks by Wednesday, Treasury
Says (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
West Coast Governors Announce ‘Pact’ for Reopening Economies
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Colstrip: Talen Wants to Keep More of a Montana Coal-Fired
Plant, Sell Electricity on the Open Market (Morning Call)
Op/Ed: Broadband Is Critical Public Infrastructure in the
Age of COVID-19 (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
Football Fields Across Western Washington Will Light Up
Friday Night to Honor Class of 2020 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Colstrip: Talen Wants to Keep More of a Montana
Coal-Fired Plant, Sell Electricity on the Open Market
2.
Puget Sound Energy Customers Hit by Coronavirus
Crisis Could Get Help with Bills
3.
Washington State Commission Approves Plan to
Help Avista Customers
4.
Chelan PUD Postpones Scheduled Rate Increases
5.
Salt River Project, Seattle City Light Now Can
Dispatch into CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market
6.
Franklin PUD Meter Readers Getting Earlier Start
Due to COVID-19
7.
Grays Harbor PUD Says Scammers Are at it Again
8.
Mason PUD 1 Partners with Local Businesses for
Supplies
9.
Op/Ed: How Will COVID-19 Affect Energy Use?
10.
Op/Ed: Joy Ditto – America’s Power Industry
United in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
11.
Number of Large Trout in Madison River Declines,
Biologists Unsure Why
12.
Op/Ed: Broadband Is Critical Public
Infrastructure in the Age of COVID-19
13.
Want to Know Why U.S. Broadband Is a Bad Joke?
Take a Close Look at Frontier Communications
14.
U.S. Digital Divide ‘Is Going to Kill People’ as
Covid-19 Exposes Inequalities
15.
Coronavirus Kills Annual 4/20 Marijuana Holiday:
‘Do Not Come to San Francisco,’ Mayor Warns
16.
80 Million Should Get Stimulus Checks by
Wednesday, Treasury Says
17.
West Coast Governors Announce ‘Pact’ for
Reopening Economies
18.
Inslee: 950 Nonviolent Offenders Will Get Early
Release to Fight Spread of Coronavirus in Washington State Prisons
19.
Inslee Announces New High-Risk Worker
Protections
20.
Editorial: Coronavirus Tests Washington State’s
Commitment to Equitable Education
21.
Judge G. Helen Whitener Appointed to Washington
State Supreme Court
22.
Pacific County Urges Owners of Second Homes to
Stay Away
23.
Mason County COVID-19 Response Fund Announces
Assistance for Mason County Residents Struggling to Pay Rent
24.
Telehealth Services Now Available at Mason
Health
25.
Study Looks at Chance of Social Distancing
Continuing through 2022
26.
Football Fields Across Western Washington Will
Light Up Friday Night to Honor Class of 2020
27.
Fire Engulfs Longview Wood Products Company,
Prompts Air Advisory
28.
Oregon Farmers Dump Produce as COVID-19 Shuts
Down Big Customers
WORD OF THE DAY
Microcosm \MY-kru-cozz-um\ Noun - 1: a little world;
especially: the human race or human nature seen as an epitome of the world or
the universe 2: a community or other unity that is an epitome of a larger unity
“What’s your favorite microcosm Kal-El?” Chirped Kara
Zel-El. “Well, that would have to be Argo City,” Kal-El answered absently,
while flipping through an old comic book.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Colstrip: Talen Wants to Keep More of a Montana Coal-Fired
Plant, Sell Electricity on the Open Market (Morning Call)
2.
Puget Sound Energy Customers Hit by Coronavirus
Crisis Could Get Help with Bills (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
3.
Washington State Commission Approves Plan to
Help Avista Customers (Daily Energy Insider)
4.
Chelan PUD Postpones Scheduled Rate Increases (Wenatchee
World, WA)
5.
Salt River Project, Seattle City Light Now Can
Dispatch into CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market (Power Engineering)
6.
Franklin PUD Meter Readers Getting Earlier Start
Due to COVID-19 (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities/Yakima, WA)
7.
Grays Harbor PUD Says Scammers Are at it Again
(KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
8.
Mason PUD 1 Partners with Local Businesses for
Supplies (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
9.
Op/Ed: How Will COVID-19 Affect Energy Use? (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
10.
Op/Ed: Joy Ditto – America’s Power Industry
United in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic (Real Clear Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11.
Number of Large Trout in Madison River Declines,
Biologists Unsure Why (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13.
Want to Know Why U.S. Broadband Is a Bad Joke?
Take a Close Look at Frontier Communications (TechDirt)
14.
U.S. Digital Divide ‘Is Going to Kill People’ as
Covid-19 Exposes Inequalities (The Guardian, UK)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
15.
Coronavirus Kills Annual 4/20 Marijuana Holiday:
‘Do Not Come to San Francisco,’ Mayor Warns (Los Angeles Times, CA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
16.
80 Million Should Get Stimulus Checks by Wednesday,
Treasury Says (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
17.
West Coast Governors Announce ‘Pact’ for Reopening
Economies (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
18.
Inslee: 950 Nonviolent Offenders Will Get Early
Release to Fight Spread of Coronavirus in Washington State Prisons (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
19.
Inslee Announces New High-Risk Worker
Protections (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
20.
Editorial: Coronavirus Tests Washington State’s
Commitment to Equitable Education (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21.
Judge G. Helen Whitener Appointed to Washington State
Supreme Court (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
22.
Pacific County Urges Owners of Second Homes to Stay
Away (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
23.
Mason County COVID-19 Response Fund Announces
Assistance for Mason County Residents Struggling to Pay Rent (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
24.
Telehealth Services Now Available at Mason
Health (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
25.
Study Looks at Chance of Social Distancing
Continuing through 2022 (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
26.
Football Fields Across Western Washington Will
Light Up Friday Night to Honor Class of 2020 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
27.
Fire Engulfs Longview Wood Products Company,
Prompts Air Advisory (Associated Press)
28.
Oregon Farmers Dump Produce as COVID-19 Shuts
Down Big Customers (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Fun Holiday – Reach as High as You Can Day
How the ‘Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World’ Got Its
Logo
Coronavirus: The Hidden Personal Grooming Crisis
Confined Spaniard Stays Safe by Skiing in His Living Room
SONG OF THE DAY
EmmyLou Harris- How High the Moon
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