Occasionally get out the feather duster to clear the cache
& history of your internet browser. It will help when trying to access news
sites that count your visits.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
The Potential for a Major Cold Spell in the Pacific Northwest
(Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Northwest Carbon Footprint Is Low & Getting Lower (LinkedIn)
Portland General Electric, Pacific Power EV Plans: Electric
Buses & More Charging (Portland Business Journal, OR)
New Report Says Washington State’s Pot Sales Will Surpass $2
Billion by 2020 (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
New Shelton City Manager Aims to Shake Things Up (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
The Potential for a Major Cold Spell in the Pacific
Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioner Ned Piper Reflects on 24 Years of Public Power
- New Manager Selected by Tillamook PUD Board
- Clallam PUD’s Temporary Sequim Payment Center Slated to Close Down
- British Columbia Raptor Rehab Treats Birds of Prey Shocked by Power Lines
- Vestas Closes Out 2016 With A Blitz of Wind Turbine Orders
- Tesla & Panasonic Team Up on Solar-Panel Cells
- New Report Says Washington State’s Pot Sales Will Surpass $2 Billion by 2020
- Can the Cannabis Industry Deliver an Organic, Environmentally Sensitive High?
- Northwest Carbon Footprint Is Low & Getting Lower
- Portland General Electric, Pacific Power EV Plans: Electric Buses & More Charging
- Google Fiber Contractor Cutting Dozens of Nashville Jobs
- The AT&T Exec Who Took on Google Fiber in Nashville
- Will Massive Data Breaches Lead Verizon to Dump Yahoo?
- Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes?
- New Shelton City Manager Aims to Shake Things Up
- County Officials Propose Merging Washington State Counties – Idea Could Save an Estimated $90 Million a Year
- 4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Off Central Oregon Coast
- Snow Blankets Mountains, Cold Snap Coming for Western Washington
- Sky Lanterns Outlawed in Oregon Starting Jan. 1 – Sorry Rapunzel
Raiment • \RAY-munt\ • Noun - Clothing, garments
“You are an absolute peacock!” crowed the squawking starling
chicks to their oddly dressed mother. She had filched feathers from a variety
of bird nests around the neighborhood to come up with a cloak of many colors,
the raiment reminiscent of an aviary “crazy quilt.” “Let those darn goldfinches
laugh at this,” she bellowed to the murmuration of starlings that had gathered
to view the show.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cowlitz PUD Commissioner Ned Piper Reflects on 24 Years of Public
Power (Longview Daily News, WA)
New Manager Selected by Tillamook PUD Board (Tillamook
Headlight Herald, OR)
Clallam PUD’s Temporary Sequim Payment Center Slated to
Close Down (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
British Columbia Raptor Rehab Treats Birds of Prey Shocked by
Power Lines (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Vestas Closes Out 2016 With A Blitz of Wind Turbine Orders (Denver
Business Journal, CO)
Tesla & Panasonic Team Up on Solar-Panel Cells
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
New Report Says Washington State’s Pot Sales Will Surpass $2
Billion by 2020 (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Can the Cannabis Industry Deliver an Organic,
Environmentally Sensitive High? (Northwest Public Radio)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Northwest Carbon Footprint Is Low & Getting Lower
(LinkedIn)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Portland General Electric, Pacific Power EV Plans: Electric Buses
& More Charging (Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber contractor cutting dozens of Nashville jobs
The AT&T Exec Who Took on Google Fiber in Nashville
(Business Journals)
Will Massive Data Breaches Lead Verizon to Dump Yahoo? (Consumerist)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes? (Atlantic Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
New Shelton City Manager Aims to Shake Things Up (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
County Officials Propose Merging Washington State Counties –
Idea Could Save an Estimated $90 Million a Year (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Off Central Oregon Coast
(KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Snow Blankets Mountains, Cold Snap Coming for Western
Washington (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Sky Lanterns Outlawed in Oregon Starting Jan. 1 – Sorry Rapunzel
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The Solar System – A Stunning Tour of Our Cosmic Backyard
Teddy Bear Takes Detroit Airport Adventure after Being Found
This Swarm of Birds Moves Around Like Some Sort of Dark
Magic Cloud
Carrie Fisher Had Already Completed Her Work on Star Wars:
Episode VIII
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric Idle – The Galaxy Song - Learn some astronomy in under
3 minutes!
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