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News Digest Word Cloud for February 21, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Elliot Mainzer Sworn in as 15th Bonneville Power
Administration Administrator (Bonneville Power Administration)
Washington
State Lawmakers Push for Equity in Renewable Energy Rules (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Many Weigh in on Okanogan PUD Power Line Case
(Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Groups Differ on Washington State Nuclear Study
Legislation (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Olympic
Mountain Snowpack Jumps to 80 Percent of Normal Seasonal Depth (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Elliot Mainzer Sworn in as 15th Bonneville Power Administration Administrator
- Many Weigh in on Okanogan PUD Power Line Case
- Groups Differ on Washington State Nuclear Study Legislation
- Portland General Electric Paid $1 Million for a Year of Stadium Naming Rights
- Winter Demand Sparks Higher Heating Bills
- The Coal Plant an Illinois Town Couldn’t Give Away
- What’s the Real Cost of Energy from Coal Plants?
- Location, Location, Location: Kansas City Restaurant Explosion Highlights Need for Higher Standards for Utilities
- Ontario: Hydro One Says It ‘Dropped the Ball’ After Thousands of Billing Complaints
- U-S Senator Murray: Wild Olympics Bill Likely Won’t Pass This Year
- Video: Creosote from New Railroad Ties Flowing into Salmon Streams
- Olympic Mountain Snowpack Jumps to 80 Percent of Normal Seasonal Depth
- Mount Hood Snowpack Climbs to Near-Normal After Recent Storms
- Longview’s Tapwater Residue is Here to Stay
- Washington State Lawmakers Push for Equity in Renewable Energy Rules
- The World’s ‘Dumbest Trade War’ Is Being Fought over Solar Panels
- Disney: A Place Where Food Scraps Are Turned into Electricity
- FCC Thinks it Can Overturn State Laws That Restrict Public Broadband
- Aha! Time Warner Cable Ups Austin Broadband Speeds as Google Fiber Looms
- Netflix Speeds Lag for Verizon Users Amid Dispute
- Verizon Now Owns All of Verizon Wireless; Completes $130 Billion Buy of Vodafone Stake
- Security Failings in Home Routers Exposed
- Twitter Talk Fits into Six Patterns, Study Finds
- For Facebook, It’s Users First & Profits Later
- Internet a Crucial Venezuela Battleground
- Newhouse Latest to Enter Race for Doc Hasting’s Congressional Seat
- Plan to Split California into Six States Closer to Vote
- Chance of Snow in Puget Sound Lowlands This Weekend
- Lowland Snow is Possible in Western Washington Late Saturday through Sunday Night
- Metal Thieves Caught Stealing Railroad Tracks in Mason County
- Four Multi-Inmate Fights at Washington State Prison near Aberdeen; One Injured
- Mason County EDC’s New Director Introduced to Members
- Washington State Senior Centers Could Get Their Own Liquor License
- National Winter Forecast ‘No Better Than Throwing Darts’
WORD OF THE DAY
Small
Beer • \SMALL BEER\ • Noun - 1: weak or inferior beer 2: something of small importance:
trivia.
Insignificant
Gee
whiz facts are like popcorn
Small
beer for small minds
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Elliot Mainzer Sworn in as 15th Bonneville Power
Administration Administrator (Bonneville Power Administration)
Many Weigh in on Okanogan PUD Power Line Case
(Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Groups Differ on Washington State Nuclear Study
Legislation (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Portland General Electric Paid $1 Million for a
Year of Stadium Naming Rights - Jeld-Wen, Providence payments unknown
(Oregonian, Portland)
Winter Demand Sparks Higher Heating Bills
(Electric Co-op Today)
The Coal Plant an Illinois Town Couldn’t Give
Away (Bloomberg News)
What’s the Real Cost of Energy from Coal Plants?
(Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Location, Location, Location: Kansas City
Restaurant Explosion Highlights Need for Higher Standards for Utilities (Forbes
Magazine)
Ontario: Hydro One Says It ‘Dropped the Ball’
After Thousands of Billing Complaints (City News, Toronto, Canada)
FISH & WILDLIFE
U-S Senator Murray: Wild Olympics Bill Likely Won’t
Pass This Year (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Video: Creosote from New Railroad Ties Flowing
into Salmon Streams (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympic
Mountain Snowpack Jumps to 80 Percent of Normal Seasonal Depth (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Mount
Hood Snowpack Climbs to Near-Normal After Recent Storms (Oregonian, Portland)
Longview’s
Tapwater Residue is Here to Stay (Longview Daily News, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State Lawmakers Push for Equity in Renewable Energy Rules (Tri-City Herald, WA)
The
World’s ‘Dumbest Trade War’ Is Being Fought over Solar Panels (MarketWatch)
Disney:
A Place Where Food Scraps Are Turned into Electricity (Orlando Business
Journal, FL)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Thinks it Can Overturn State Laws That Restrict
Public Broadband (Ars Technica)
Aha! Time Warner Cable Ups Austin Broadband Speeds
as Google Fiber Looms (PC World)
Netflix Speeds Lag for Verizon Users Amid Dispute
(Cable News Network)
Verizon Now Owns All of Verizon Wireless; Completes
$130 Billion Buy of Vodafone Stake (U-S News & World Report)
Security Failings in Home Routers Exposed (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Talk Fits into Six Patterns, Study Finds
(USA Today)
For Facebook, It’s Users First & Profits Later
(NY Times)
Internet a Crucial Venezuela Battleground
(Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Newhouse Latest to Enter Race for Doc Hasting’s
Congressional Seat (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Plan to Split California into Six States Closer to
Vote (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Chance of Snow in Puget Sound Lowlands This Weekend
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Lowland Snow is Possible in Western Washington Late
Saturday through Sunday Night (National Weather Service, Seattle)
Metal Thieves Caught Stealing Railroad Tracks in
Mason County (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Four Multi-Inmate Fights at Washington State Prison
near Aberdeen; One Injured (Associated Press)
Mason County EDC’s New Director Introduced to
Members (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Senior Centers Could Get Their Own
Liquor License (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
National Winter Forecast ‘No Better Than Throwing
Darts’ (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Olympia
Tabbed Nation’s Third-Friendliest City (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Iowan
Fired for Using Forklift on Candy Machine
Police
Trying to Trace Owner of Bag of Marijuana Found in Pants Donated to
Pennsylvania Salvation Army
The
World’s Oldest Handbag?
SONG OF THE DAY
Bow
Wow Wow - I Want Candy
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