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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Powerful
Wind Storm Knocks Out Power to Thousands in Puget Sound Region (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Pacific Northwest’s Regional Hydropower Potential Is Lower
than Federal Estimate (Northwest Power and Conservation Council)
Biologists Optimistic about Columbia River’s
Spring Chinook Run (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Crooked
River: Central Oregon Water Dispute Settled in Bill That Wins Last-Minute
Congressional Passage (Oregonian, Portland)
Many
Tribes Not Eager to Grow & Sell Pot, Despite U-S Justice Department Saying
They Can (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Powerful Wind Storm Knocks Out Power to Thousands in Puget Sound Region
- Mason PUD 3 Linemen Wrap Up Restoration - Scattered Outages from Last Night's Storm
- Pacific Northwest’s Regional Hydropower Potential Is Lower than Federal Estimate
- Alaska: Susitna Dam Will Cost More, Study Says
- British Columbia Estimates Additional Cost of $600-Million for Site Peace River Dam Project
- Mason PUD 3 Commissioner Linda Gott Reappointed to American Public Power Association Policy Makers Council
- U-S Senate Energy Committee Votes to Approve Honorable's Nomination To FERC
- Dog Electrocuted on Juneau Sidewalk When It Stepped on Electrical Box Cover
- Biologists Optimistic about Columbia River’s Spring Chinook Run
- Crooked River: Central Oregon Water Dispute Settled in Bill That Wins Last-Minute Congressional Passage
- Skagit PUD Upgrades Water Main in East Mount Vernon
- Many Tribes Not Eager to Grow & Sell Pot, Despite U-S Justice Department Saying They Can
- Zapped by Escalating Energy Costs, Marijuana Growers Seek Power-Saving Measures
- Marijuana Growers Worry Snohomish County Could Pull Their Permits
- Wenatchee Ban on Pot Businesses Going Away
- Could 'Spy-Proof' Secret Rooms Go into Washington State's Data Center?
- FCC: Sorry ISPs, 4 Mbps Ain't Broadband
- Tax Perks Didn't Bring the Growth, Jobs AT&T, Verizon Promised
- Best Buy Sorry for Tweet Joking About 'Serial' Murder at Its Store
- Bank of America’s Laughable Defense for Five Years of Unwanted Robocalls
- U-S House Narrowly Passes Bill to Avoid Shutdown; $1.1 Trillion in Spending
- Deputies: Identified - Shelton High School Teacher & Coach Arrested for Sexual Misconduct with Student
- Fallen Tree Sparks Propane Fire at Thurston County Casino
- Tree Falls on Car in Southwest Portland, Killing Teen
- California: Storm Brings Surfers to Lake Tahoe, Street Flooding to Sacramento
- Washington State Squandering Tobacco Settlement Funds, Says Group
- Mason EDC Head: Things Looking Up
- Olympic College's Recognition among Top Tier of Community Colleges Not Surprising
Powerful
Wind Storm Knocks Out Power to Thousands in Puget Sound Region (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Linemen Wrap Up Restoration - Scattered Outages from
Last Night's Storm (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Pacific Northwest’s Regional Hydropower Potential Is Lower than
Federal Estimate (Northwest Power and Conservation Council)
Alaska:
Susitna Dam Will Cost More, Study Says (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, AK)
http://www.frontiersman.com/news/susitna-dam-will-cost-more-study-says/article_619d2940-81bc-11e4-b405-bf44a29d065d.html
http://www.frontiersman.com/news/susitna-dam-will-cost-more-study-says/article_619d2940-81bc-11e4-b405-bf44a29d065d.html
British Columbia Estimates Additional Cost of $600-Million for
Site Peace River Dam Project (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Mason
PUD 3 Commissioner Linda Gott Reappointed to American Public Power Association
Policy Makers Council (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
U-S Senate Energy Committee Votes to Approve Honorable's Nomination
To FERC (American Public Power Association)
Dog
Electrocuted on Juneau Sidewalk When It Stepped on Electrical Box Cover (Alaska
Dispatch)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Biologists Optimistic about Columbia River’s Spring
Chinook Run (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Crooked
River: Central Oregon Water Dispute Settled in Bill That Wins Last-Minute
Congressional Passage (Oregonian, Portland)
Skagit
PUD Upgrades Water Main in East Mount Vernon (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt Vernon,
WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Many
Tribes Not Eager to Grow & Sell Pot, Despite U-S Justice Department Saying
They Can (Associated Press)
Zapped
by Escalating Energy Costs, Marijuana Growers Seek Power-Saving Measures
(Marijuana Business Daily)
Marijuana
Growers Worry Snohomish County Could Pull Their Permits (Everett Herald, WA)
Wenatchee
Ban on Pot Businesses Going Away (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee,
WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Could 'Spy-Proof' Secret Rooms Go into Washington State's
Data Center? (Northwest Public Radio)
FCC:
Sorry ISPs, 4 Mbps Ain't Broadband (PC World)
Tax
Perks Didn't Bring the Growth, Jobs AT&T, Verizon Promised (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Tax-Perks-Didnt-Bring-the-Growth-Jobs-ATT-Verizon-Promised-131886
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Best
Buy Sorry for Tweet Joking About 'Serial' Murder at Its Store (AdWeek)
Bank
of America’s Laughable Defense for Five Years of Unwanted Robocalls (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S
House Narrowly Passes Bill to Avoid Shutdown; $1.1 Trillion in Spending (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Deputies:
Identified - Shelton High School Teacher & Coach Arrested for Sexual
Misconduct with Student (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fallen
Tree Sparks Propane Fire at Thurston County Casino (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Tree
Falls on Car in Southwest Portland, Killing Teen (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
California:
Storm Brings Surfers to Lake Tahoe, Street Flooding to Sacramento (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Washington
State Squandering Tobacco Settlement Funds, Says Group (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Mason
EDC Head: Things Looking Up (South Sound Business Examiner)
Olympic
College's Recognition among Top Tier of Community Colleges Not Surprising (Kitsap
Peninsual Business Journal, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Alaska
Airline's Old Leather 737 Seats Turned into Handbags
Clouds
Fill Grand Canyon in Rare Weather Event
'How
Star Wars Conquered the Universe' Explains (Very Astutely) How a Series of
Films Became a Mythos
Achtung!
Oklahoma Boy Puts Quarter in Vending Machine, Gets Nazi Ring
SONG OF THE DAY
Ferde
Grofé - The Grand Canyon Suite
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