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SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Calling
Natural Gas – Portland General Electric Unveils Energy Plan,
Including Boardman Replacement Strategy (Oregonian, Portland)
Federal
Surveyors Investigating Oregon Dams (Northwest Public Radio)
Portland
Wave Energy Team Snags a Coveted $1.5 Million Prize (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
LinkedIn Opens
Eight-Megawatt Hillsboro Data Center (Oregonian, Portland)
SWAT Team Responds to Shelton Home, Standoff Ensues
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS
HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Calling Natural Gas – Portland General Electric Unveils Energy Plan, Including Boardman Replacement Strategy
- Federal Surveyors Investigating Oregon Dams
- Okanogan PUD Suspends Work on Pateros-Twisp High Voltage Powerline until Spring
- Jefferson PUD Board Hears Support for Energy Conservation
- Cowlitz PUD Hopes to Prevent Complaints with New Bills
- Wahkiakum PUD to Install Automated Meters on Puget Island
- FCC: Don’t Be Fooled by Callers Posing as Utility Employees Demanding Payment
- Waterfowl Hunters Wary of Shillapoo Salmon Habitat Proposal
- Feds Adopt Washington State Water Rules to Protect Fish-Eaters from Pollution
- Columbia Basin Project, Then & Now
- Portland Wave Energy Team Snags a Coveted $1.5 Million Prize
- What’s Better: New Solar Panels or Old Hydropower?
- Next Milestone for Alaska’s Young Pot Industry: Paying Taxes
- Michigan: Marijuana Growing in Homes Gets Public Spotlight
- Despite Tiny Market Share, Electric Cars Continue Receiving Big Automaker Backing
- LinkedIn Opens Eight-Megawatt Hillsboro Data Center
- What the Proliferation of Fake News on Google & Facebook Means for Advertisers
- Snapchat Quietly Files for $25B Initial Public Offering
- 11 Helpful Social Media Tools for Marketers
- Shelton City Manager Hires New Finance Director
- Patty Murray Elected Third-Ranking Democrat in Senate
- SWAT Team Responds to Shelton Home, Standoff Ensues
- Washington State Unemployment Rate Down to 5.4 Percent
- Future Full of Doubt for Central Washington Timber Industry
- What Are the Chances of a ‘Snowpocalypse’ This Winter?
- Charge: Upset Over No Shopping Carts, Women Set Fire to Kent Strip Mall
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Calling
Natural Gas – Portland General Electric Unveils Energy Plan,
Including Boardman Replacement Strategy (Oregonian, Portland)
Federal
Surveyors Investigating Oregon Dams (Northwest Public Radio)
Okanogan
PUD Suspends Work on Pateros-Twisp High Voltage Powerline until Spring (Methow
Valley News, Twisp, WA)
Jefferson
PUD Board Hears Support for Energy Conservation (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Cowlitz
PUD Hopes to Prevent Complaints with New Bills (Longview Daily News, WA)
Wahkiakum
PUD to Install Automated Meters on Puget Island (Wahkiakum Eagle, Cathlamet,
WA)
FCC: Don’t Be Fooled by Callers Posing as
Utility Employees Demanding Payment (Consumerist)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Waterfowl
Hunters Wary of Shillapoo Salmon Habitat Proposal (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Feds
Adopt Washington State Water Rules to Protect Fish-Eaters from Pollution (Associated
Press)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Columbia
Basin Project, Then & Now (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Portland
Wave Energy Team Snags a Coveted $1.5 Million Prize (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
What’s
Better: New Solar Panels or Old Hydropower? (Grist Online)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Next Milestone for Alaska’s Young Pot Industry:
Paying Taxes (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Michigan: Marijuana Growing in Homes Gets Public
Spotlight (Lansing State Journal, MI)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Despite Tiny Market
Share, Electric Cars Continue Receiving Big Automaker Backing (Oregonian,
Portland)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LinkedIn Opens
Eight-Megawatt Hillsboro Data Center (Oregonian, Portland)
MARKETING & MEDIA
What the Proliferation of Fake News on Google &
Facebook Means for Advertisers (AdWeek)
Snapchat Quietly Files for $25B Initial Public
Offering (Consumerist)
11 Helpful Social Media Tools for Marketers (Social
Media Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Shelton City Manager Hires New Finance Director (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Patty Murray Elected Third-Ranking Democrat in Senate
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
SWAT Team Responds to Shelton Home, Standoff Ensues
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Unemployment Rate Down to 5.4
Percent (Associated Press)
Future Full of Doubt for Central Washington Timber
Industry (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
What Are the Chances of a ‘Snowpocalypse’ This
Winter? (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Charge: Upset Over No Shopping Carts, Women Set
Fire to Kent Strip Mall (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
MONKEY BUSINESS – DIVERSIONS
Baby Monkey Finds a Home on a Bunch of Goats – Yes
It’s Very Cute
NASA Discovers Mysterious Electron Superhighway above
Earth
A Cross Country Runner Got Pummeled by a Deer during
a NCAA Race
Time Magazine Picks 100 Most Influential Photos of
All Time (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
SONG OF THE DAY
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
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