SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for March 14, 2016
Small Craft Advisory for Hood Canal & Puget Sound
Max Winds (Cliff Mass Weather)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Thousands in Washington State without Power as Crews Clear
Downed Trees from Deadly Storm (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon: Sage Grouse Concerns Trip Up Steens Mountain Turbine
Project (Courthouse News Service)
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Propose Canceling Coho
Season (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Internet Service Providers Also Blocking Google Fiber Pole
Access in California (Broadband
Reports)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Thousands in Washington State without Power as Crews Clear Downed Trees from Deadly Storm
- Man Killed When Tree Falls on SUV during Storm
- Punishing Windstorm Cuts Power for Nearly 1,300 – Mason PUD 3 Restores Electricity
- Over 10,000 Grays Harbor PUD Customers Were without Power Due to Storm
- Windy Storm Knocks Out Power throughout North Olympic Peninsula
- FINAL: Sunday Storm Stirs Jefferson County Issues with Bridge, Ferry, Roads, Power Outages
- More Than 1,000 Cowlitz PUD Customers Lose Power Sunday
- Unlike Tacoma Project, Kalama Methanol Plant Gets Warmer Reception
- Total Electricity Sales Fell in 2015 for Fifth Time in Past Eight Years
- ‘New Energy Provider’ Scam Hits Florida Co-op
- Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Propose Canceling Coho Season
- Lamprey Found Above Condit Dam Site on White Salmon River
- Op/Ed: Northwest Tribes Have Moral Obligation to Have Salmon & Steelhead Protected
- Oregon: Sage Grouse Concerns Trip Up Steens Mountain Turbine Project
- Can Water Kill the Duck Curve?
- Paris Goes Greener with U-S Wood Heating
- Opower Tapped to Head Con Edison’s Customer Energy Management System
- Shelton Medical Marijuana Shop Transitions to Recreational Sales
- How Marijuana Is Keeping Portland Retail Vacancy Rates Low
- How Washington State Governor Inslee Can Change the Script on Climate Issues
- Internet Service Providers Also Blocking Google Fiber Pole Access in California
- 65% of U-S Broadband Consumers Use Second Screen
- Yahoo Continues Streamlining By Shuttering More Products
- Thwarted by the iPhone, Hackers Turn Their Attention to Other Products
- Facebook Mobile Apps: A Guide for Marketers
- Washington Lawmakers Exempt from Releasing Emails
- Sunshine Sunday: Open Records Act under Fire as Large Requests Tax System
- Washington State Auditor’s Trial Set to Begin in Federal Court
- Customer Shoots Masked, Hatchet-Wielding Attacker in King County 7-Eleven
- Bomb-Sniffing Dog Discovers Two Hellfire Missiles Bound for Portland
- Group Health Members Vote to Support Kaiser Permanente Acquisition
- Editor’s Notebook: Storms, My Dangerous Addiction
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Thousands in Washington State without Power as Crews Clear
Downed Trees from Deadly Storm (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Man Killed When Tree Falls on SUV during Storm (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Punishing Windstorm Cuts Power for Nearly 1,300 – Mason PUD
3 Restores Electricity (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Over 10,000 Grays Harbor PUD Customers Were without Power
Due to Storm (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen,
WA)
Windy Storm Knocks Out Power throughout North Olympic
Peninsula – Closes Hood Canal Bridge for nearly three hours (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
FINAL: Sunday Storm Stirs Jefferson County Issues with
Bridge, Ferry, Roads, Power Outages (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
More Than 1,000 Cowlitz PUD Customers Lose Power Sunday (Longview Daily News, WA)
Unlike Tacoma Project, Kalama Methanol Plant Gets Warmer
Reception (Longview Daily News, WA)
Total Electricity Sales Fell in 2015 for Fifth Time in Past
Eight Years (The Energy Collective)
‘New Energy Provider’ Scam Hits Florida Co-op (Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Propose Canceling Coho
Season (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Lamprey Found Above Condit Dam Site on White Salmon River (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Op/Ed: Northwest Tribes Have Moral Obligation to Have Salmon
& Steelhead Protected (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon: Sage Grouse Concerns Trip Up Steens Mountain Turbine
Project (Courthouse News Service)
Can Water Kill the Duck Curve? (Breaking Energy)
Paris Goes Greener with U-S Wood Heating (Engineering &
Technology Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Opower Tapped to Head Con Edison’s Customer Energy
Management System (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Shelton Medical Marijuana Shop Transitions to Recreational
Sales (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
How Marijuana Is Keeping Portland Retail Vacancy Rates Low (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How Washington State Governor Inslee Can Change the Script on
Climate Issues (Crosscut Seattle)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Service Providers Also Blocking Google Fiber Pole
Access in California (Broadband
Reports)
65% of U-S Broadband Consumers Use Second Screen (Broadband &
TV News)
Yahoo Continues Streamlining By Shuttering More Products (Dallas
Business Journal, TX)
Thwarted by the iPhone, Hackers Turn Their Attention to
Other Products (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Mobile Apps: A Guide for Marketers (Social Media
Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington Lawmakers Exempt from Releasing Emails (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Sunshine Sunday: Open Records Act under Fire as Large Requests
Tax System (Olympian - Paywall
Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Auditor’s Trial Set to Begin in Federal
Court (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Customer Shoots Masked, Hatchet-Wielding Attacker in King
County 7-Eleven (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Bomb-Sniffing Dog Discovers Two Hellfire Missiles Bound for Portland
(Associated Press)
Group Health Members
Vote to Support Kaiser Permanente Acquisition (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Editor’s Notebook: Storms, My Dangerous Addiction (Daily
Astorian, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Unhappy NCAA Investigates the Bracket Leak
Man Arrested in Connection with Iditarod Crashes
Pi Day Freebies & Tech Deals 2016
Maine Wholesaler Acquires Rare Four-Clawed Lobster
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul McCartney - Fixing a Hole
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