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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy Northwest’s Richland Nuclear Plant Sets Generation
Record (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Governor’s Report: Salmon Remain in Trouble in Washington
State (Associated Press)
Kootenay Mayors Urge ‘Strong Stand’ on Columbia River Treaty
(Arrow Lake News, BC)
NOAA Challenged the Global Warming ‘Pause’ –New Research
Says the Agency Was Right (Washington Post)
Generators, Space Heaters Going Fast Due to Frigid Weather
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Northwest’s Richland Nuclear Plant Sets Generation Record
- Kootenay Mayors Urge ‘Strong Stand’ on Columbia River Treaty
- Bonneville Power Administration Line Crew Works to Restore Power in Icy Eugene
- Southwest Power Pool Seeks DOE Approval for Electricity Sales into Canada
- Natural Gas: Wild Winter Burns Traders Betting on Models That Can’t Keep Up
- Fitch: Declining Consumption Is Manageable for U-S Public Power
- Governor’s Report: Salmon Remain in Trouble in Washington State
- Comment Deadline on Columbia River Dam Review Extended
- Lawmakers Back Columbia River Salmon Reforms
- A Tour of One of America’s Most Toxic Rivers
- U-S Yanks Funds from Unbuilt New Jersey Windmill Farm
- Generators, Space Heaters Going Fast Due to Frigid Weather
- Oregon: Can You Sell a Home with Marijuana Plants? Best to Pull Them Out, Say Experts
- NOAA Challenged the Global Warming ‘Pause’ –New Research Says the Agency Was Right
- Are We Dialing Down Nuclear Power at Precisely the Wrong Time?
- Report: Google Fiber Could Be Spun Off or Sold in 2017
- Another Verizon Exec Has Doubts Over Yahoo Deal
- Hulu Live TV Service to Launch in Months for Under $40
- Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Kayaker Near Allyn
- Flu Levels Reach “Epidemic” Levels in Washington State
- Hang in There! Frigid Weather Slowly Giving Way to Warmer Temps
- Mason County to Open Mental Health Triage Facility
- Here Are All of the Kmart, Sears, & Macy’s Stores Closing This Spring
- Olympic College President to Retire
Senary • \SENN-uh-ree \ • adjective – Of, based on, or
characterized by six: compounded of six things or six part
“Seymore, you insidious dolt!” thundered the Asian Studies
professor to the cowering student. “Any idiot knows that a haiku doesn’t have a
senary bone in its body. The first line is always five syllables, the second
seven and the third, five.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Northwest’s Richland Nuclear Plant Sets Generation
Record (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Kootenay Mayors Urge ‘Strong Stand’ on Columbia River Treaty
(Arrow Lake News, BC)
Bonneville Power Administration Line Crew Works to Restore
Power in Icy Eugene (Bonneville Power Administration)
Southwest Power Pool Seeks DOE Approval for Electricity
Sales into Canada (Utility Dive)
Natural Gas: Wild Winter Burns Traders Betting on Models
That Can’t Keep Up (Bloomberg News)
Fitch: Declining Consumption Is Manageable for U-S Public
Power (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Governor’s Report: Salmon Remain in Trouble in Washington
State (Associated Press)
Comment Deadline on Columbia River Dam Review Extended
(Daily Astorian, OR)
Lawmakers Back Columbia River Salmon Reforms (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
A Tour of One of America’s Most Toxic Rivers (Atlantic
Magazine)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
U-S Yanks Funds from Unbuilt New Jersey Windmill Farm
(Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Generators, Space Heaters Going Fast Due to Frigid Weather (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon: Can You Sell a Home with Marijuana Plants? Best to
Pull Them Out, Say Experts (Oregonian, Portland)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
NOAA Challenged the Global Warming ‘Pause’ –New Research
Says the Agency Was Right (Washington Post)
Are We Dialing Down Nuclear Power at Precisely the Wrong
Time? (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Report: Google Fiber Could Be Spun Off or Sold in 2017 (Broadband
Reports)
Another Verizon Exec Has Doubts Over Yahoo Deal (USA Today)
Hulu Live TV Service to Launch in Months for Under $40 (Broadband
Reports)
GENERAL NEWS
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Kayaker Near Allyn (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Flu Levels Reach “Epidemic” Levels in Washington State (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Hang in There! Frigid Weather Slowly Giving Way to Warmer
Temps (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Mason County to Open Mental Health Triage Facility (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Here Are All of the Kmart, Sears, & Macy’s Stores
Closing This Spring (Consumerist)
Olympic College President to Retire (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Russian Sculptor Creates Giant Manure Rooster
Why Is a Game 9 Innings? These Are the Backstories Behind
Baseball’s Iconic Rules
Lottery Scratch-Off Loser Keeps Phoning in Threats, Cops Say
Flood of Plastic Eggs Delights Children on North Sea Island
SONG OF THE DAY
Earth, Wind & Fire - Got to Get You into My Life
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