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Northwest’s Super Rainshadow (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
How
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mason County Election Results (Mason County
Auditor, Shelton, WA)
Tacomans Vote for Council Oversight of Utility Director,
Defeat Term Limits Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Seattle City Light’s Pioneering Women Sue, Claiming
New Discrimination (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Washington State, Puget Sound Energy Settle on
Reduced Electric Rates (Tukwila Reporter, WA)
Suncadia Withdraws Kittitas County Water Challenge
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle City Light’s Pioneering Women Sue, Claiming New Discrimination
- Washington State, Puget Sound Energy Settle on Reduced Electric Rates
- Tacomans Vote for Council Oversight of Utility Director, Defeat Term Limits Change
- Avista Corp. Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter & Year-to-Date 2014, Confirms 2014 Earnings Guidance, Initiates 2015 Earnings Guidance
- Ellensburg City Council Passes Utility Rate Changes
- Mason Conservation District Proposes Purchase of PUD 3 Building
- Disconnection Moratorium: Jefferson PUD Urges Low-Income Customers to Apply
- Grays Harbor PUD: Affordability & Service Quality Drive 2015 Capital Budget
- Fitch Rates Clark County Public Utilities Bonds ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
- Oregon: Central Lincoln PUD Whittles Office Hours
- NW Natural Reports Loss in Third Quarter; Results Flat Compared with Last Year
- Fossil-Fueled Economics Take Hold on the Columbia River
- BC Hydro, LNG Canada Ink Deal to Power Proposed Kitimat Liquefied Natural Gas Facility
- Beaver Knocks Out Power at Colfax
- Synthetic Fish Measures Wild Ride Through Dams
- Suncadia Withdraws Kittitas County Water Challenge
- Kalama Votes to Keep Fluoride in Water
- Washington State Solar Manufacturer, Itek Energy Locating in Minneapolis
- Sacrament Utility District Seeks Developer to Test Viability of Biomass, Thermal Plant
- Op/Ed: Snohomish PUD Should Stick to Proven Technologies
- Helping a Prison Break Out of Wasting Energy
- LED Light Bulbs Keep Improving in Efficiency & Quality
- Domino’s Becomes a Tech Company That Happens to Make Pizza
- Colorado: Boulder Ballot Issue to Give City Broadband Authority Has Strong Lead
- Facebook ‘I Voted’ Button Experiment: Praiseworthy or Propaganda?
- Can You Make a Great-Looking Fast-Food Ad Using Actual Fast Food & an iPhone?
- McRib Goes Viral in Three Videos
- What Retailers Need to Know about Mobile This Holiday Season
- Mason County Election Results
- Election Results: Incumbents Leading; Close Races in 35th; Initiatives Close
- Mason County Vote: Election Results
- Voters Legalize Recreational Pot in Oregon
- Republicans Win Majority in U-S Senate
- Police Investigating Woman’s Death, Graphic Photos Posted Online
- Why Banks Are Shying Away from Marijuana Businesses
- Scam Targeting Newspaper, Magazine Subscribers Nationwide
- Mummified Body of Man Found in Federal Way Home
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seattle City Light’s Pioneering Women Sue, Claiming
New Discrimination (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Washington State, Puget Sound Energy Settle on
Reduced Electric Rates (Tukwila Reporter, WA)
Tacomans Vote for Council Oversight of Utility
Director, Defeat Term Limits Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Avista Corp. Reports Financial Results for Third
Quarter & Year-to-Date 2014, Confirms 2014 Earnings Guidance, Initiates
2015 Earnings Guidance (MarketWatch)
Ellensburg City Council Passes Utility Rate Changes
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Mason Conservation District Proposes Purchase of
PUD 3 Building (Mason County Life – PDF File)
Disconnection Moratorium: Jefferson PUD Urges Low-Income
Customers to Apply (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD: Affordability & Service
Quality Drive 2015 Capital Budget (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Fitch Rates Clark County Public Utilities Bonds ‘A+’;
Outlook Stable (Yahoo! Finance)
Oregon: Central Lincoln PUD Whittles Office Hours (Newport
News-Times, OR)
NW Natural Reports Loss in Third Quarter; Results
Flat Compared with Last Year (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Fossil-Fueled Economics Take Hold on the Columbia
River (Portland Business Journal, OR)
BC Hydro, LNG Canada Ink Deal to Power Proposed
Kitimat Liquefied Natural Gas Facility (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Beaver Knocks Out Power at Colfax (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Synthetic Fish Measures Wild Ride Through Dams (NewsWise)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Suncadia Withdraws Kittitas County Water Challenge
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Kalama
Votes to Keep Fluoride in Water (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State Solar Manufacturer, Itek Energy Locating in Minneapolis (Associated Press)
Sacrament
Utility District Seeks Developer to Test Viability of Biomass, Thermal Plant (Sacramento
Business Journal, CA)
Op/Ed:
Snohomish PUD Should Stick to Proven Technologies (Everett Herald, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Helping
a Prison Break Out of Wasting Energy (Electric
Co-op Today)
LED
Light Bulbs Keep Improving in Efficiency & Quality (U-S Energy Information
Administration)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Domino’s Becomes a Tech Company That Happens to
Make Pizza (National Public Radio)
Colorado: Boulder Ballot Issue to Give City
Broadband Authority Has Strong Lead (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook ‘I Voted’ Button Experiment: Praiseworthy or
Propaganda? (Christian Science Monitor)
Can You Make a Great-Looking Fast-Food Ad Using
Actual Fast Food & an iPhone? (AdWeek)
McRib Goes Viral in Three Videos (USA Today)
What Retailers Need to Know about Mobile This
Holiday Season (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Election Results (Mason County
Auditor, Shelton, WA)
Election Results: Incumbents Leading; Close Races
in 35th; Initiatives Close (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Vote: Election Results (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Voters Legalize Recreational Pot in Oregon (KGW TV,
Portland, OR)
Republicans Win Majority in U-S Senate (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Police Investigating Woman’s Death, Graphic Photos
Posted Online (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Why Banks Are Shying Away from Marijuana Businesses
(Everett Herald, WA)
Scam Targeting Newspaper, Magazine Subscribers
Nationwide (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mummified Body of Man Found in Federal Way Home (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
CNN
Shows That Microsoft Surface Makes Great $799 iPad Stand
Man
Arrested For Stealing House Moves Back In After Posting Bail
The
First Photograph of a Human Being
The
Star Trek Communicator Is Real - And It’s Now on Sale
SONG OF THE DAY
Sky
& the Family Stone – Stand
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