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STORIES
Trying to Raise Profile of Climate Change for
Washington Voters (NY Times)
City of McCleary Owes Ratepayers $400,000, State
Auditor Says “…the city improperly relied on its dedicated light and power fund
in order to keep the city’s general fund afloat…” (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Benton PUD Utility Rate Increases Possible (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Upgraded Priest Rapids Fish Hatchery Opens (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Frontier Communications Brings Gigabit Speeds to
Beaverton as Portland-Area Fiber Wars, and Rhetoric, Heat Up “…Frontier…derided
Google's prospective Portland service as "hype" in a visit to Oregon
last summer…” (Oregonian, Portland)
Should the Feds Reclassify Marijuana? U-S Judge
Holds Hearing (Christian Science Monitor)
October 28 is National Chocolate Day! (KATU TV,
Portland, OR)
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All the
links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some
media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in
broken links in the future.
Note that
as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may
not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However,
some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before
holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.
