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Weather Forecast for March 2, 2016
Flood Warning for Mason County
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Two Large Outages in One Day Affect Mason PUD 3 Customers
(Mason POUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Puget Sound Energy’s Proposed Higher-Voltage Power Poles Spark
Debate over Safety & Need on Eastside (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Cowlitz PUD Commission Votes to Oppose Carbon Initiative (Longview Daily News, WA)
Puget Sound Coho Return Forecasts 'Critical' in Most Areas (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Registration Opens March First for Mason PUD 1’s Community
Solar (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Two Large Outages in One Day Affect Mason PUD 3 Customers
- Winds Knock Out Power to 10,000 Cowlitz PUD Customers
- High Winds Down Trees, Cut Power in Clark County
- 75,000 Customers Lose Power in Western Washington Storm
- Puget Sound Energy’s Proposed Higher-Voltage Power Poles Spark Debate over Safety & Need on Eastside
- Oregon Lawmakers Advance Measure to Phase Out Coal from Power Supply
- Snohomish County PUD Weighing Billing Alternatives
- BC Hydro Granted Injunction against Peace River Dam Protesters
- Alcoa Hiring Temporary Employees for Ferndale Smelter Work
- Op/Ed: Whatcom View: China’s Manipulations of Aluminum Prices Costing U-S Jobs
- California: Pacific Gas & Electric Could Face Fines of Up to $652 Million in Gas Records Probe
- U-S Supreme Court Skeptical Maryland State Subsidies Didn't Overstep FERC Jurisdiction
- Report Says Cheap Natural Gas Leads to More Petrochemical Plants & Pollution
- Puget Sound Coho Return Forecasts 'Critical' in Most Areas
- Washington State Correcting Fish-Passage Barriers
- Drone Captures Large Alaska Salmon Homecoming
- Oregon DEQ Chief Leaving Amid Air Quality Controversy
- How Does Portland's Air Quality Compare to Other Cities?
- Clark County to Cowlitz Tribe: Halt Work Tied to Casino Wastewater System
- Registration Opens March First for Mason PUD 1’s Community Solar
- The U-S Relied More on Electricity from Renewable Sources in 1950 than Today
- British Columbia Energy Minister Says Clean Power Projects Aren’t the Priority
- Bill Gates: It Is Surprisingly Hard to Store Energy
- Warren Buffett Discusses NV Energy, Solar Rates, & Elon Musk
- 'Only a Matter of Time' – U-S Offshore Wind Struggles to Get Off the Ground
- Little-Noticed, Rules for Home Appliances Dwarf Clean Power Plan
- Op/Ed: Avista Conservation Energy Report Card Spurs New Goal
- Bill That Aims to Bring Smaller Medical Marijuana Producers into Recreational Market Passes Oregon Senate
- Cowlitz PUD Commission Votes to Oppose Carbon Initiative
- Op/Ed: Costs Killing Animal Waste Power
- Bitcoin Miners Have Discovered Washington
- Google Fiber's Long Portland Courtship Frustrates Customers, But Maybe Not Google
- Idaho’s High Court Says Contract for Broadband in Schools is Void
- Judge Says U-S Can’t Make Apple Give iPhone Data
- Pine Tree Sprouts Overnight in Pasco
- Five Things to Do During Your First Week as a Social Media Manager
- After a Decade Of Silence, Did Justice Clarence Thomas Find His Voice?
- Belfair Murder-Suicide: Four Were Slain ‘Execution-Style’ in Chicken Coop
- Man Who Killed Four in Mason County Had Long Criminal History
- Shelton Gas Line Work Begins, Delays First Street Traffic
- Belfair Highway Work Raises Questions
- City of Shelton Takes First Step to Reduce Building Fees
- Department of Ecology Employee Accused of Stealing from Celebration Fund
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Retirement Home.” Even at the time of life when it becomes OK to blithely blurt
out what you really feel about something, He was considered the facility’s
“Enfant Terrible” for his truly outrageous, yet painfully accurate,
observations of life in the elder care wing.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Two Large Outages in One Day Affect Mason PUD 3 Customers
(Mason POUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Winds Knock Out Power to 10,000 Cowlitz PUD Customers (Longview Daily News, WA)
High Winds Down Trees, Cut Power in Clark County –
Electricity restored to most of the 1,900 customers affected (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
75,000 Customers Lose Power in Western Washington Storm (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Puget Sound Energy’s Proposed Higher-Voltage Power Poles
Spark Debate over Safety & Need on Eastside (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Oregon Lawmakers Advance Measure to Phase Out Coal from
Power Supply (Northwest Public Radio)
Snohomish County PUD Weighing Billing Alternatives (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
BC Hydro Granted Injunction against Peace River Dam
Protesters (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Alcoa Hiring Temporary Employees for Ferndale Smelter Work
(Bellingham Herald, WA)
Op/Ed: Whatcom View: China’s Manipulations of Aluminum
Prices Costing U-S Jobs (Bellingham Herald, WA)
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Could Face Fines of
Up to $652 Million in Gas Records Probe (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
U-S Supreme Court Skeptical Maryland State Subsidies Didn't
Overstep FERC Jurisdiction (Utility Dive)
Report Says Cheap Natural Gas Leads to More Petrochemical Plants
& Pollution (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Puget Sound Coho Return Forecasts 'Critical' in Most Areas (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Correcting Fish-Passage Barriers – For
WSDOT, upgrading culverts regular part of road improvement (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Drone Captures Large Alaska Salmon Homecoming (The Weather
Channel)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon DEQ Chief Leaving Amid Air Quality Controversy
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
How Does Portland's Air Quality Compare to Other Cities?
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Clark County to Cowlitz Tribe: Halt Work Tied to Casino
Wastewater System (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Registration Opens March First for Mason PUD 1’s Community
Solar (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
The U-S Relied More on Electricity from Renewable Sources in
1950 than Today (Quartz)
British Columbia Energy Minister Says Clean Power Projects
Aren’t the Priority (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Bill Gates: It Is Surprisingly Hard to Store Energy
(LinkedIn Pulse)
Warren Buffett Discusses NV Energy, Solar Rates, & Elon
Musk (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
'Only a Matter of Time' – U-S Offshore Wind Struggles to Get
Off the Ground (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Little-Noticed, Rules for Home Appliances Dwarf Clean Power
Plan (U-S News & World Report)
Op/Ed: Avista Conservation Energy Report Card Spurs New Goal
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Bill That Aims to Bring Smaller Medical Marijuana Producers
into Recreational Market Passes Oregon Senate (Oregonian, Portland)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cowlitz PUD Commission Votes to Oppose Carbon Initiative (Longview Daily News, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Op/Ed: Costs Killing Animal Waste Power (Kitsap Peninsula
Business Journal, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bitcoin Miners Have Discovered Washington – Drawn by cheap
hydropower, cyber entrepreneurs are encountering concerns about their appetite
for electricity (Crosscut Seattle)
Google Fiber's
Long Portland Courtship Frustrates Customers, But Maybe Not Google (Oregonian,
Portland)
Idaho’s High
Court Says Contract for Broadband in Schools is Void (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Judge Says U-S Can’t Make Apple Give iPhone Data (Associated Press)
Pine Tree Sprouts
Overnight in Pasco (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Five Things to Do During Your First Week as a Social Media
Manager (Hootsuite)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
After a Decade Of Silence, Did Justice Clarence Thomas Find
His Voice? (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Murder-Suicide: Four Were Slain ‘Execution-Style’ in
Chicken Coop (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Man Who Killed Four in Mason County Had Long Criminal
History (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Shelton Gas Line Work Begins, Delays First Street Traffic (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Belfair Highway Work Raises Questions (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
City of Shelton Takes First Step to Reduce Building Fees
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Department of Ecology Employee Accused of Stealing from
Celebration Fund (Olympian - Paywall
Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
George Kennedy, Oscar Winner for 'Cool Hand Luke,' Dies at
91
High School Basketball Team Blows State Title Game after
Premature Celebration
Celebrate National Pig Day with These Snorting, Cavorting
Swine
Greenland Games Forced To Bring In Snow as Temperatures Rise
SONG OF THE DAY
Lalo Schifrin – Cool Hand Luke, Main Title
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