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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Two-Day Storm to Pummel Region with Heavy Rains, Strong Winds (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Chinook Salmon Numbers Surge in U-S Columbia River System (Reuters)
First of Three Cowlitz PUD Community Solar Panel Projects Funded (Longview Daily News, WA)
This Tiny Town in Central Washington is Home to Some of the Biggest Tech Companies. Here’s Why (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
As American Homes Get Bigger, Energy Efficiency Gains Are Wiped Out (Pew Research)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana: Flathead Reservation Dam Tour Draws PSC Chairman & Seven Legislators, Including Keenan
- Be Prepared for Storm-Damaged Trees; Five Tips to Stay Safe & Five More to Ensure Proper Care
- Microsoft Favors, Some Citizens Oppose Grant PUD Rate Increases
- Clallam Public Utility District to Move into New Offices Later This Month
- Oregon: Springfield Utility Board Proposes Rate Hikes for Water, Electricity
- New Mexico: Debt a Factor in Taos Electric Rate Hike
- White House Gets Behind Nuclear Power to Fight Climate Change
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Boosting Local Economy with New Utility Training Center
- Chinook Salmon Numbers Surge in U-S Columbia River System
- Salmon Trapped in Mason County Roadside Ditch
- Container Traffic to Resume at Northern Idaho Port
- Oregon: Hagg Lake Dam Dilemma: Fix It Up or Start Fresh?
- First of Three Cowlitz PUD Community Solar Panel Projects Funded
- Arizona: Judge Allows SolarCity Lawsuit against Salt River Project to Move Forward
- Feds, State Set New Standards for Renewables Development Plan for California Desert
- Oregon Biomass Company Harvests Record 100,000 Acres of Straw
- Republican Lawmakers Ask FERC to Rethink PURPA
- Changing Winds on Ways & Means: Production Tax Credit Future Uncertain
- As American Homes Get Bigger, Energy Efficiency Gains Are Wiped Out
- Mason County: South Puget Sound Tribe Opens Nation’s First Reservation Marijuana Store
- How Oregon Marijuana Growers Plan to Get Efficient Following $5,000 Fines for Power Outages
- This Tiny Town in Central Washington is Home to Some of the Biggest Tech Companies. Here’s Why
- United Kingdom: Your Lamp or Baby Monitor Is Responsible for Slow Broadband, Ofcom Says
- Four Tools to Build a Social Media Content Calendar
- How Pinterest Got the Full Attention of Ad Agency Execs
- Product Acceptance Challenges – Banana Republic Has a New Euphemism for ‘People Don’t Like Our Stuff’
- Two-Day Storm to Pummel Region with Heavy Rains, Strong Winds
- ‘Godzilla’ El Nino to hit PNW: What Does It Mean for Us?
- In Mason County Buried Infant Case, Autopsy Will Determine Charges
- 2.8 Magnitude Quake Recorded in SW Washington State
- Olympic Peninsula Expedition: NASA, UW Team Up to Track Rain, Snow in Soggy Washington State
- Washington’s Hanford Becomes Part of National Historical Park
- Keystone Pipeline Rejection Means Oil Tankers Could Multiply in Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Drone Hits Seattle’s Great Wheel, Crashes into nearby Table
Grandiloquent • \grand-DILL-oh-kwint\ • adjective – Lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Barty emceed the “vegetable pageant” at the local pre-school. As the children started trooping onto the stage, he blared out their names in a grandiloquent, bombastic style, reminiscent of a bad sideshow barker. It wasn’t until the fifth child (a cauliflower, buy the way) that he noticed that all the children were crying and shrinking away from him…afraid of his next herbivorous outburst.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana: Flathead Reservation Dam Tour Draws PSC Chairman & Seven Legislators, Including Keenan (Ravalli Republic, MT)
Be Prepared for Storm-Damaged Trees; Five Tips to Stay Safe & Five More to Ensure Proper Care (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Microsoft Favors, Some Citizens Oppose Grant PUD Rate Increases (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Clallam Public Utility District to Move into New Offices Later This Month (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Oregon: Springfield Utility Board Proposes Rate Hikes for Water, Electricity (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
New Mexico: Debt a Factor in Taos Electric Rate Hike (Taos News, NM)
White House Gets Behind Nuclear Power to Fight Climate Change (Forbes Magazine)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Boosting Local Economy with New Utility Training Center (Electric Energy Online)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chinook Salmon Numbers Surge in U-S Columbia River System (Reuters)
Salmon Trapped in Mason County Roadside Ditch (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Container Traffic to Resume at Northern Idaho Port (Associated Press)
Oregon: Hagg Lake Dam Dilemma: Fix It Up or Start Fresh? – Existing dam won’t withstand earthquake & needs to increase capacity (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
First of Three Cowlitz PUD Community Solar Panel Projects Funded (Longview Daily News, WA)
Arizona: Judge Allows SolarCity Lawsuit against Salt River Project to Move Forward (Utility Dive)
Feds, State Set New Standards for Renewables Development Plan for California Desert (Utility Dive)
Oregon Biomass Company Harvests Record 100,000 Acres of Straw (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Republican Lawmakers Ask FERC to Rethink PURPA (Utility Dive)
Changing Winds on Ways & Means: Production Tax Credit Future Uncertain (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
As American Homes Get Bigger, Energy Efficiency Gains Are Wiped Out (Pew Research)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Mason County: South Puget Sound Tribe Opens Nation’s First Reservation Marijuana Store (Northwest Public Radio)
How Oregon Marijuana Growers Plan to Get Efficient Following $5,000 Fines for Power Outages (Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
This Tiny Town in Central Washington is Home to Some of the Biggest Tech Companies. Here’s Why (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
United Kingdom: Your Lamp or Baby Monitor Is Responsible for Slow Broadband, Ofcom Says (The Telegraph, UK)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Four Tools to Build a Social Media Content Calendar (Social Media Examiner)
How Pinterest Got the Full Attention of Ad Agency Execs (AdWeek)
Product Acceptance Challenges – Banana Republic Has a New Euphemism for ‘People Don’t Like Our Stuff’ (Consumerist)
GENERAL NEWS
Two-Day Storm to Pummel Region with Heavy Rains, Strong Winds (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
‘Godzilla’ El Nino to hit PNW: What Does It Mean for Us? (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
In Mason County Buried Infant Case, Autopsy Will Determine Charges (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
2.8 Magnitude Quake Recorded in SW Washington State (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Olympic Peninsula Expedition: NASA, UW Team Up to Track Rain, Snow in Soggy Washington State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington’s Hanford Becomes Part of National Historical Park (Oregonian, Portland)
Keystone Pipeline Rejection Means Oil Tankers Could Multiply in Strait of Juan de Fuca (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Drone Hits Seattle’s Great Wheel, Crashes into nearby Table (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Caught on Cam: Kenmore Mailman ‘Air-Mails’ Package from Jeep
Not-So-Smart Selfie Lands Escaped Inmate Back in Jail
After Surgery, Seahawks’ Lockette Feeds the Homeless
Official Seeks $123,000 after University Mascot Jumps on Him
SONG OF THE DAY
Pointer Sisters – Jump
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