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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Restoring Power in Okanogan County Could Take
Weeks (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
Conservationists Threaten to Sue over Unused Elwha
River Hatchery Weir (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Whirlpool
Wants Congress to Ban Class-Action Suits Tied to Energy Star Program (NY Times)
LED
Technology to Brighten British Columbia Streets - New program will allow
municipalities to buy LED streetlights in bulk (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
House Spending Bills Come Up Short; FERC
Commissioners Finally Confirmed (The Energy Collective)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Restoring Power in Okanogan County Could Take Weeks
- Wildfires: Contact Okanogan PUD before Connecting Generators
- Cowlitz PUD Will Meet Tuesday to Discuss Rate Hike
- Body Found After 5 Years of Auto-Paid Bills Finally Identified as Homeowner
- Conservationists Threaten to Sue over Unused Elwha River Hatchery Weir
- Wild Fish Conservancy Files Intent-To-Sue Notice Challenging Operations at Leavenworth Hatchery
- Bag Limits Go Up Again as Sockeye Boom Continues to Set Daily Dam Passage Records
- Cushman Fisheries Program
- Once Nearly Gone, Lake Pend Oreille Kokanee Have Rebounded In a Big Way
- Without Government Aid, Uneven Path for Renewables
- High Costs Keep Renewable Energy at Bay in West Virginia
- Op/Ed: Are Governments Overreaching When It Comes to Green Energy?
- Whirlpool Wants Congress to Ban Class-Action Suits Tied to Energy Star Program
- LED Technology to Brighten British Columbia Streets
- Sacramento-Area HVAC Firms Say Finding a Good Technician Getting Tougher
- Plug Power Will Hold Annual Shareholder Meeting This Week
- Net Neutrality Was Just the Start. Can the FCC Keep States from Banning Public Internet?
- Editorial: A Net Neutrality Meltdown in the Federal Communications Commission
- House Spending Bills Come Up Short; FERC Commissioners Finally Confirmed
- Republican Vic Atiyeh, Who Guided Oregon through Economic Upheaval, Dies at 91
- Weird Endorsements Have Message for Voters: Make Up Your Own Minds!!
- One Person Confirmed Dead as Okanogan Wildfires Continue to Grow
- Pacific Northwest Wildfires: More Than 940,000 Acres Burn in Oregon & Washington
- Fires Join to Become Largest in State History
- Incredible Drone Video of Wildfire Destruction
- 18-Year-Old Sequim Man Drowns in Lake Cushman
- Public Hearing to Gather Public Comment on Mason County Marijuana Moratorium
- Jury Tells Thurston County to Pay $12 Million over Halt to Maytown Gravel Mining
- Oil-By-Rail Fight in Washington Threatens California Gasoline Prices
- National Parks Boost Neighboring Communities in Idaho, Other Western States, Study Finds
Splenetic
• \splih-NET-ik\ • Adjective - Marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite
Gertrude
was at a loss to explain Alfred’s splenetic response to her lovely poem about a
lonely dung beetle.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Restoring Power in Okanogan County Could Take
Weeks (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
Wildfires: Contact Okanogan PUD before Connecting
Generators (Omak Chronicle, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Will Meet Tuesday to Discuss Rate
Hike (Longview Daily News, WA)
Body Found After 5 Years of Auto-Paid Bills
Finally Identified as Homeowner (Consumerist)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Conservationists Threaten to Sue over Unused Elwha
River Hatchery Weir (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Wild Fish Conservancy Files Intent-To-Sue Notice
Challenging Operations at Leavenworth Hatchery (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Bag Limits Go Up Again as Sockeye Boom Continues
to Set Daily Dam Passage Records (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Cushman
Fisheries Program (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Once Nearly Gone, Lake Pend Oreille Kokanee Have
Rebounded In A Big Way--Over One Million Fish (News Bonners Ferry, ID)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Without
Government Aid, Uneven Path for Renewables (Electric
Co-op Today)
High
Costs Keep Renewable Energy at Bay in West Virginia (The State Journal,
Charleston, WV)
Op/Ed:
Are Governments Overreaching When It Comes to Green Energy? (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Whirlpool
Wants Congress to Ban Class-Action Suits Tied to Energy Star Program (NY Times)
LED
Technology to Brighten British Columbia Streets - New program will allow
municipalities to buy LED streetlights in bulk (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Sacramento-Area
HVAC Firms Say Finding a Good Technician Getting Tougher (Sacramento Bee, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Plug
Power Will Hold Annual Shareholder Meeting This Week (Albany Business Review,
NY)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Net Neutrality Was Just the Start. Can the FCC Keep
States from Banning Public Internet? (Washington Post)
Editorial: A Net Neutrality Meltdown in the Federal
Communications Commission (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
House Spending Bills Come Up Short; FERC
Commissioners Finally Confirmed (The Energy Collective)
Republican Vic Atiyeh, Who Guided Oregon through
Economic Upheaval, Dies at 91 (Oregonian, Portland)
Weird Endorsements Have Message for Voters: Make Up
Your Own Minds!! (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
One Person Confirmed Dead as Okanogan Wildfires
Continue to Grow (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pacific
Northwest Wildfires: More Than 940,000 Acres Burn in Oregon & Washington (Oregonian,
Portland)
Fires
Join to Become Largest in State History (Omak Chronicle, WA)
Incredible
Drone Video of Wildfire Destruction (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
18-Year-Old Sequim Man Drowns in Lake Cushman (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Public Hearing to Gather Public Comment on Mason
County Marijuana Moratorium (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Jury Tells Thurston County to Pay $12 Million over
Halt to Maytown Gravel Mining (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
Oil-By-Rail Fight in Washington Threatens California
Gasoline Prices (Reuters)
National Parks Boost Neighboring Communities in Idaho,
Other Western States, Study Finds (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Legos
Washing Up on English Beaches
James
Garner, Star of 'Maverick' & 'The Rockford Files,’ Dies at 86
Chicago
Cubs Sue Fake Team Mascots Accused of Hustling Fans
Rare
Photos Reveal Fascinating Views of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
SONG OF THE DAY
Mike
Post - The Rockford Files Theme
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