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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Eugene Water & Electric Board, Comcast Working to
Restore Service as Electricians Face Backlog (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Long-Time Engineer Plugged into Pacific PUD Boss Job (Chinook
Observer, Long Beach, WA)
IRS Issues ‘Beginning of Construction’ Guidance for Wind
Developers (National Wind Watch)
Overstock.Com Could Bring “150-200 Jobs” To Satsop Business
Park (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Wind Damages Pioneer’s New School (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Eugene Water & Electric Board, Comcast Working to Restore Service as Electricians Face Backlog
- Long-Time Engineer Plugged into Pacific PUD Boss Job
- Avista’s ‘Swipe Charge’ on Debit & Credit Card Payments Will End in March
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Approves Sale of Former Administration Building
- Benton Rural Electric Association Warns of Scam
- Bonneville Power Administration Employees Bring Santa, Gifts to Children’s Center
- California: Utility Regulators Amend Tree-Trimming Ruling
- U-S Senator Reid’s Retirement Could Rescue Yucca Mountain Plan
- Op/Ed: Setting the Record Straight on Dakota Access Pipeline
- Salmon in the Classroom Coming to Pioneer & Shelton Schools
- Puget Sound Fishing Season Decision Process May Change
- Emergency Managers, City Officials Charged in Flint Water Crisis
- IRS Issues ‘Beginning of Construction’ Guidance for Wind Developers
- Op/Ed: Biomass Plants Run on Byproducts, Not Trees
- Legal Haze Clouds Cannabis for Pets
- Seattle Judge Rules Children’s Climate Change Lawsuit Can Proceed
- Climate Change: North Pole to Reach 50 Degrees Warmer Than Normal
- U-S Department of Energy Offers $2 Billion Loan to Louisiana Carbon-Storage Project
- Drive Oregon’s Big Payday – What the Electric Vehicle Group Will Do with the Money
- Overstock.Com Could Bring “150-200 Jobs” To Satsop Business Park
- Data Breach at Community Health Plan of Washington
- What Could Happen to Yahoo If Verizon Backs Away from Its $4.8 Billion Deal
- Stopping Small Devices from Causing Massive Internet Disruptions
- Facebook Brings Live Audio to Platform, Starting with the BBC
- He Opened a Twitter Message & Had a Seizure – Now He Wants the User’s ID
- Census: Oregon on Track to Gain Congressional Seat
- Murkowski: On Energy Bill, House Chose Party Over Policy
- Trump Adviser Says He Is Ditching ‘Drain the Swamp’ Meme
- Wind Damages Pioneer’s New School
- 2-1 Vote to Freeze City of Shelton Service Rates During 2017
- Mason County Bids Commissioner Tim Sheldon Farewell
- Softwood Lumber Dispute: U-S Commerce Department Officially Launches Investigation
- Christmas Lasers Hindering Puget Sound Marine Traffic
- Cowlitz Tribe to Host Big Job Fair for Ilani Casino
- Winter Solstice: It Only Gets Better from Here
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Nosocomial romance
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Eugene Water & Electric Board, Comcast Working to
Restore Service as Electricians Face Backlog (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Long-Time Engineer Plugged into Pacific PUD Boss Job (Chinook
Observer, Long Beach, WA)
Avista’s ‘Swipe Charge’ on Debit & Credit Card Payments
Will End in March (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Approves Sale of Former
Administration Building (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Benton Rural Electric Association Warns of Scam (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Employees Bring Santa, Gifts
to Children’s Center (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
California: Utility Regulators Amend Tree-Trimming Ruling
(San Diego Union Tribune, CA)
U-S Senator Reid’s Retirement Could Rescue Yucca Mountain Plan
(Washington Examiner)
Op/Ed: Setting the Record Straight on Dakota Access Pipeline
(Billings Gazette, MT)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon in the Classroom Coming to Pioneer & Shelton Schools
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Puget Sound Fishing Season Decision Process May Change (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Emergency Managers, City Officials Charged in Flint Water
Crisis (Detroit Free Press, MI)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
IRS Issues ‘Beginning of Construction’ Guidance for Wind
Developers (National Wind Watch)
Op/Ed: Biomass Plants Run on Byproducts, Not Trees (Coos Bay
World, OR)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Legal Haze Clouds Cannabis for Pets (Northwest Public Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Judge Rules Children’s Climate Change Lawsuit Can Proceed
(Democracy Now)
Climate Change: North Pole to Reach 50 Degrees Warmer Than
Normal (Christian Science Monitor)
U-S Department of Energy Offers $2 Billion Loan to Louisiana
Carbon-Storage Project (Associated Press)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Drive Oregon’s Big Payday – What the Electric Vehicle Group
Will Do with the Money (Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Overstock.Com Could Bring “150-200 Jobs” To Satsop Business
Park (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Data Breach at Community Health Plan of Washington (Associated
Press)
What Could Happen to Yahoo If Verizon Backs Away from Its
$4.8 Billion Deal (Washington Post)
Stopping Small Devices from Causing Massive Internet Disruptions
(Christian Science Monitor)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Brings Live Audio to Platform, Starting with the BBC
(USA Today)
He Opened a Twitter Message & Had a Seizure – Now He
Wants the User’s ID (Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Census: Oregon on Track to Gain Congressional Seat (Northwest
Public Radio)
Murkowski: On Energy Bill, House Chose Party Over Policy
(Alaska Journal of Commerce)
Trump Adviser Says He Is Ditching ‘Drain the Swamp’ Meme (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Wind Damages Pioneer’s New School (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
2-1 Vote to Freeze City of Shelton Service Rates During 2017
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Bids Commissioner Tim Sheldon Farewell (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Softwood Lumber Dispute: U-S Commerce Department Officially
Launches Investigation (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Christmas Lasers Hindering Puget Sound Marine Traffic (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Cowlitz Tribe to Host Big Job Fair for Ilani Casino (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Winter Solstice: It Only Gets Better from Here (USA Today)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Winter Solstice: It Only Gets Better from Here
Basketball: From Humble Beginnings, Hoops Celebrates 125th
Birthday
Irony in New Mexico: About 70 Employees Get Sick After
Health Department Party
Tom Hanks Pulled a Tom Hanks & Sent a Fan the Most 90s
Selfie Ever
SONG OF THE DAY
Gordon Lightfoot – Song for a Winter’s Night
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