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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grand Coulee Dam’s Operators Settle Over Allegations of Oil
Releases into the Columbia River (Associated Press)
Benton PUD Says Cold Weather Drives Up Energy Bills
(KEPR-TV, Tri-City, WA)
Fisheries Disaster Declared for Local Waters & Pacific
Northwest (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Feds Reject Idaho Utility's Bid to Negate Oregon Fish Law
(Associated Press)
Trump Takes Charge: Sworn in as Nation’s 45th President
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grand Coulee Dam’s Operators Settle Over Allegations of Oil Releases into the Columbia River
- Benton PUD Says Cold Weather Drives Up Energy Bills
- How to Handle the Power Bill Hikes This Winter Season
- States Press President Trump to Open Yucca Mountain for Nuclear Waste
- Fisheries Disaster Declared for Local Waters & Pacific Northwest
- Feds Reject Idaho Utility's Bid to Negate Oregon Fish Law
- Northwest Power/Conservation Council Seeks Comments on Draft Research Plan to Guide Fish & Wildlife Program
- When the National Bird Is a Burden
- Water Supply Forecast for Dalles Dam Now 101 Percent of Normal, All Columbia Sub-Basins Above Normal
- Missouri Electric Co-Op Group Pens Bill Challenging Net Metering Policy
- Marijuana Group Passes Out Free Joints for Trump’s Inauguration
- Amazon Web Services Passes Google on Most Popular List
- Boulder Could Ask Voters to OK Tax for Citywide Broadband
- Netflix Powers Past Growth Expectations. What’s Next for the Streaming Service & TV?
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Trump Takes Charge: Sworn in as Nation’s 45th President
- Unemployment Hits New Low in December
- Woman Arrested for Threat to Washington State Governor
- Day of Giving to Help Shelton Students
- Flood Warning for Skokomish Extended
Genius Loci • \JEEN-yus – LOW-sigh\ • Noun – 1: the
pervading spirit of a place 2: a tutelary deity of a place
Ambrose lazily swirled his plastic spoon in his nightly
serving of “Pork and Beans”. Dreamily he reached out and touched the base of
his chipped, plastic Porky Pig statue that had represented the Genius Loci of
his family for over forty years. “Oh Porky,” he intoned. “Please don’t think
any less of me when I say that I LOVE eating this little square of pork fat
swimming at the top of my daily dose of high fiber beans.” Porky remained
stoic, just as he had for many other house guests over the years.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grand Coulee Dam’s Operators Settle Over Allegations of Oil
Releases into the Columbia River (Associated Press)
Benton PUD Says Cold Weather Drives Up Energy Bills (KEPR-TV,
Tri-City, WA)
How to Handle the Power Bill Hikes This Winter Season (KNDO/KNDU,
TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
States Press President Trump to Open Yucca Mountain for
Nuclear Waste (Washington Examiner)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fisheries Disaster Declared for Local Waters & Pacific Northwest
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Feds Reject Idaho Utility's Bid to Negate Oregon Fish Law (Associated
Press)
Northwest Power/Conservation Council Seeks Comments on Draft
Research Plan to Guide Fish & Wildlife Program (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
When the National Bird Is a Burden (NY Times)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Water Supply Forecast for Dalles Dam Now 101 Percent of
Normal, All Columbia Sub-Basins Above Normal (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Missouri Electric Co-Op Group Pens Bill Challenging Net
Metering Policy (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Group Passes Out Free Joints for Trump’s
Inauguration (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Amazon Web Services Passes Google on Most Popular List (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Boulder Could Ask Voters to OK Tax for Citywide Broadband (Boulder
Daily Camera, CO)
Netflix Powers Past Growth Expectations. What’s Next for the
Streaming Service & TV? (Christian Science Monitor)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Trump Takes Charge: Sworn in as Nation’s 45th President (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Unemployment Hits New Low in December (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Woman Arrested for Threat to Washington State Governor (Associated
Press)
Day of Giving to Help Shelton Students (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Flood Warning for Skokomish Extended (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
'The Hobbit' Book Returned After 38-Year Unexpected Journey
Alexander Hamilton Documents Fetch $2.6 Million at Auction
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/arts/design/hamilton-letters-documents-auction-sothebys.html?_r=0
How Some Frolicking Fish Got Stuck in a Moment
A Quick Animated History of Why We Use the Numbers We Use
SONG OF THE DAY
Three Dog Night – One
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