SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Lawmakers Urge State Department to Start Negotiations
with Canada on Columbia River Treaty (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Divided America: Global Warming Polarizes More than Abortion
(Associated Press)
Legal Pot Is Big Business in Washington State (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Nippon Paper Mill, Cogeneration Plant in Port Angeles for
Sale (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
With Cooler Weather, Snake River Sockeye Showing Decent Numbers
Reaching Lower Granite, Sawtooths (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Lawmakers Urge State Department to Start Negotiations with Canada on Columbia River Treaty
- Pacific Northwest Congress Members Demand Action on Columbia River Treaty
- Electricity Gap: Microsoft Taps University, Energy Companies to Bridge Data-Center Divide
- Seattle City Light May Have Misbilled Big Developments, Audit Finds
- Honoring the Line Trade
- Customers Reminded to Dig Safely on National 811 Day & All Year Long
- With Cooler Weather, Snake River Sockeye Showing Decent Numbers Reaching Lower Granite, Sawtooths
- Work Set to Begin on First-Of-Its-Kind Salmon Passage at Cle Elum Dam
- Taskforce Tears Down to Build Up Estuaries
- Study: Factors Influencing Juvenile Salmon/Steelhead Survival Accumulate as Fish Pass Multiple Dams
- Bald Eagle’s Comeback Means Bad News for Other Rare Birds
- Kennewick Irrigation District Sees Water Allotment Increase to 94 Percent
- Wahkiakum PUD & Town of Cathlamet to Hold Public Meeting on Consolidation of Water Systems
- Nippon Paper Mill, Cogeneration Plant in Port Angeles for Sale
- Oregon’s Energy Department Joins Critics Ripping Public Utilities Commission Report That Would Shrink Solar Incentives
- New Mexico Settlement Blocks Solar Fees Proposed by Xcel Energy
- Arizona Regulators Block Political Influence Investigation, Delay Solar Rate Changes
- British Columbia: Tidal Power Technology Rolls into Haida Gwaii Shores
- Ten Myths about Solar Power, Busted
- Bill Gates Backs Cleantech Startup to Help Utilities Improve Electric Grid Efficiency
- Legal Pot Is Big Business in Washington State
- Pacific Northwest Politicians Feel Burned by DEA’s Marijuana Ruling
- Divided America: Global Warming Polarizes More than Abortion
- Monuments Are Being Covered in Living Slime – Officials Aren’t Sure Why
- After Court Loss, FCC Eyes its Options on Municipal Broadband
- LinkedIn Hit by ‘Bots’ in Cyberattacks, User Data Compromised
- KPLU Unveils New Call Letters for Station
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- 18 Years Out of Power, Washington State GOP Hopes to Win Control of Legislature
- Reception Held for Shelton Staffer Steve Goins
- Manufacturing Error Blamed in 2015 Shelton Parachute Death
- Family of Gig Harbor Man Killed by Fallen Tree Files Lawsuit
- Washington State Highway’s Graffiti Problem Costing Taxpayers Big Money
- Railroad Avenue: Shelton’s ‘Road Diet’ Project Gets Back-In Angle Parking
- New Avalanche Bridge on I-90 Snoqualmie Pass Opens to All Lanes of Traffic
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Lawmakers Urge State Department to Start Negotiations with
Canada on Columbia River Treaty (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Pacific Northwest Congress Members Demand Action on Columbia
River Treaty (Politico)
Electricity
Gap: Microsoft Taps University, Energy Companies to Bridge Data-Center Divide (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Seattle City Light May Have Misbilled Big Developments,
Audit Finds (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Honoring the Line Trade (Transmission & Distribution
World)
Customers Reminded to Dig Safely on National 811 Day &
All Year Long (PG&E Currents)
FISH & WILDLIFE
With Cooler Weather, Snake River Sockeye Showing Decent
Numbers Reaching Lower Granite, Sawtooths (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Work Set to Begin on First-Of-Its-Kind Salmon Passage at Cle
Elum Dam (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Taskforce Tears Down to Build Up Estuaries (The Daily
Astorian, OR)
Study: Factors Influencing Juvenile Salmon/Steelhead
Survival Accumulate as Fish Pass Multiple Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Bald Eagle’s Comeback Means Bad News for Other Rare Birds (National
Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kennewick Irrigation District Sees Water Allotment Increase to
94 Percent (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Wahkiakum PUD & Town of Cathlamet to Hold Public Meeting
on Consolidation of Water Systems (Wahkiakum Eagle, Skamokawa, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Nippon Paper Mill, Cogeneration Plant in Port Angeles for
Sale (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Oregon’s Energy Department Joins Critics Ripping Public
Utilities Commission Report That Would Shrink Solar Incentives (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
New Mexico Settlement Blocks Solar Fees Proposed by Xcel
Energy (Utility Dive)
Arizona Regulators Block Political Influence Investigation,
Delay Solar Rate Changes (Utility Dive)
British Columbia: Tidal Power Technology Rolls into Haida
Gwaii Shores (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Ten Myths about Solar Power, Busted (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Bill Gates Backs Cleantech Startup to Help Utilities Improve
Electric Grid Efficiency (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Legal Pot Is Big Business in Washington State (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Pacific Northwest Politicians Feel Burned by DEA’s Marijuana
Ruling (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Divided America: Global Warming Polarizes More than Abortion
(Associated Press)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Monuments Are Being Covered in Living Slime – Officials Aren’t
Sure Why (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
After Court Loss, FCC Eyes its Options on Municipal
Broadband (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & MEDIA
LinkedIn Hit by ‘Bots’ in Cyberattacks, User Data
Compromised (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
KPLU Unveils New Call Letters for Station (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
18 Years Out of Power, Washington State GOP Hopes to Win
Control of Legislature (Northwest Public Radio)
Reception Held for Shelton Staffer Steve Goins (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Manufacturing Error Blamed in 2015 Shelton Parachute Death
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Family of Gig Harbor Man Killed by Fallen Tree Files Lawsuit
(Everett Herald, WA)
Washington State Highway’s Graffiti Problem Costing
Taxpayers Big Money (Northwest Cable News Network)
Railroad Avenue: Shelton’s ‘Road Diet’ Project Gets Back-In
Angle Parking (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
New Avalanche Bridge on I-90 Snoqualmie Pass Opens to All
Lanes of Traffic (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
You’ll See a Lot Less of the Seahawks’ 12th Man This
Football Season
Woman Caught on Video Texting While Using her Feet to Drive
Seattle Wedding Saved by Social Media, Celebrities
Meet the Lightbulb Lady of Portland
SONG OF THE DAY
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky
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