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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Crumbling California Dam Spillway Forces Nearly 200,000 to
Evacuate (Christian Science Monitor)
25 Candidates Vie For Seat on Snohomish County PUD
Commission (Everett Herald, WA)
Bill Would Let Washington State Public Utilities Team with
Private Companies on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (GeekWire)
Oregon: Frontier Communications Will Close Beaverton
Dispatch Center, Lay Off 57 (Oregonian, Portland)
Pioneering Kitsap County Recreational Pot Grow Shut Down by
State (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- 25 Candidates Vie For Seat on Snohomish County PUD Commission
- Teton County Declares Disaster; Power Restored
- Conservatives Want to Slash FEMA’s Disaster Budget
- Oregon Governor to Nominate Port Lawyer with Green Connections to Public Utility Commission
- Snohomish County PUD Offers Assistance for Low-Income Customers
- Infographic: Stay Balloon-Safe for Valentine’s Day
- Australia: Electricity Market Operator Denies Being ‘Asleep at the Wheel’ During Blackout
- After 90 Years, Salmon Are Returning to Upper Sultan River
- Almost 500,000 Coho Forecast to Columbia River in 2017
- Oregon Governor Kate Brown Criticizes Fish & Wildlife Panel’s Call on Columbia River Gillnets
- Bonneville Power Administration Comes to the Rescue for Utility Customer, Millions of Young Fish
- White House Blocks Listing of Bumble Bee as Endangered Species
- Crumbling California Dam Spillway Forces Nearly 200,000 to Evacuate
- The Frantic Fight to Keep the Oroville Dam Crisis from Turning into a Catastrophe
- Idaho Flooding Leads to State Disaster Declarations
- Montana Energy Uncertainty Comes as Large Solar Farm Planned
- Las Vegas City Buildings 100% Renewable Energy Powered
- California: Suisun City Plan Affirmed, Reports Heard on Turbines, Wildlife & Drones
- Is the Reduced Production Tax Credit Still Relevant to the Wind Industry?
- Pioneering Kitsap County Recreational Pot Grow Shut Down by State
- Sierra Nevada Lakes Hold Climate Clues
- Bill Would Let Washington State Public Utilities Team with Private Companies on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
- Electrify America to Manage $2 Billion Investment in Electric Vehicles across U-S
- Oregon: Frontier Communications Will Close Beaverton Dispatch Center, Lay Off 57
- Verizon Brings Back Unlimited Data Plan on 4G Network
- New FCC Chair Closely Guards His Strategy to Restructure Net Neutrality
- U-S Trial Set over Bitcoin Exchange Linked To JPMorgan Hack Probe
- Is Google Trying To Make Maps A Social Network?
- Attempt To Make Washington Next ‘Right to Work’ State Met with Hefty Opposition
- U-S House Energy Panel to Begin Heavy Lift on Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
- A 51st State, Called Liberty, Would Have Political Clout & an Ag-Based Economy
- Medical Emergency Causes Crash on Highway 101; Driver Dies
- Lacey Man, 80, Who Triggered Silver Alert, Found Dead In Tumwater
- Meeting on City of Shelton Comp Plan Update & Urban Growth Area Expansion Monday
- Boeing, Machinists Face Off Over Union at South Carolina Plant
- ‘Help Me Kill My Wife,’ Monroe Man Accidentally Texts to His Former Boss
- Greenbergs, Former Owners of KMAS Radio, Pass Away
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noun – (often capitalized) a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the
world especially from a specific standpoint.
Walter Mitty often drifted away from the reality of his
soul-crushing job. In his personal state of Weltanschauung, everything was
perfect: he was the conquering hero, he won the beautiful princess, and he was
in charge. His daydreams were his reality…his real life the illusion.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
25 Candidates Vie For Seat on Snohomish County PUD
Commission (Everett Herald, WA)
Teton County Declares Disaster; Power Restored (Jackson Hole
News & Guide, WY)
Conservatives Want to Slash FEMA’s Disaster Budget (Mother
Jones Magazine)
Oregon Governor to Nominate Port Lawyer with Green
Connections to Public Utility Commission (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Snohomish County PUD Offers Assistance for Low-Income
Customers (Everett Herald, WA)
Infographic: Stay Balloon-Safe for Valentine’s Day (Currents,
Pacific Gas & Electric)
Australia: Electricity Market Operator Denies Being ‘Asleep
at the Wheel’ During Blackout (The Guardian, UK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
After 90 Years, Salmon Are Returning to Upper Sultan River
(Everett Herald, WA)
Almost 500,000 Coho Forecast to Columbia River in 2017 –
Other Returns to be Unveiled Feb. 28 (Seattle Times – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon Governor Kate Brown Criticizes Fish & Wildlife
Panel’s Call on Columbia River Gillnets (Oregonian, Portland)
Bonneville Power Administration Comes to the Rescue for
Utility Customer, Millions of Young Fish (Bonneville Power Administration)
White House Blocks Listing of Bumble Bee as Endangered
Species (Gizmodo)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Crumbling California Dam Spillway Forces Nearly 200,000 to
Evacuate (Christian Science Monitor)
The Frantic Fight to Keep the Oroville Dam Crisis from
Turning into a Catastrophe (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Idaho Flooding Leads to State Disaster Declarations (KHQ-TV,
Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Montana Energy Uncertainty Comes as Large Solar Farm Planned
(Associated Press)
Las Vegas City Buildings 100% Renewable Energy Powered (WKBW-TV,
Buffalo, NY)
California: Suisun City Plan Affirmed, Reports Heard on Turbines,
Wildlife & Drones (The Vacaville Reporter, CA)
Is the Reduced Production Tax Credit Still Relevant to the Wind
Industry? (ReCharge)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Pioneering Kitsap County Recreational Pot Grow Shut Down by
State (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Sierra Nevada Lakes Hold Climate Clues (Reno
Gazette-Journal, NV)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Bill Would Let Washington State Public Utilities Team with
Private Companies on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (GeekWire)
Electrify America to Manage $2 Billion Investment in
Electric Vehicles across U-S (American Public Power Association)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon: Frontier Communications Will Close Beaverton
Dispatch Center, Lay Off 57 (Oregonian, Portland)
Verizon Brings Back Unlimited Data Plan on 4G Network (CNBC)
New FCC Chair Closely Guards His Strategy to Restructure Net
Neutrality (Reuters)
U-S Trial Set over Bitcoin Exchange Linked To JPMorgan Hack
Probe (Reuters)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Is Google Trying To Make Maps A Social Network? (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Attempt To Make Washington Next ‘Right to Work’ State Met
with Hefty Opposition (Northwest Public Radio)
U-S House Energy Panel to Begin Heavy Lift on Trump’s Infrastructure
Plan (Washington Examiner)
A 51st State, Called Liberty, Would Have Political Clout
& an Ag-Based Economy (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Medical Emergency Causes Crash on Highway 101; Driver Dies
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Lacey Man, 80, Who Triggered Silver Alert, Found Dead In Tumwater
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Meeting on City of Shelton Comp Plan Update & Urban
Growth Area Expansion Monday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Boeing, Machinists Face Off Over Union at South Carolina Plant
(Reuters)
‘Help Me Kill My Wife,’ Monroe Man Accidentally Texts to His
Former Boss (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Greenbergs, Former Owners of KMAS Radio, Pass Away (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Al Jarreau, Singer Who Spanned Jazz, Pop & R&B
Worlds, Dies at 76
Here’s What Scientists Say Is the Perfect Workweek
Library of Congress Store Removes Misspelled Trump Poster
Rio’s Olympic Venues Look Like H*ll Just Six Months after
the Games
SONG OF THE DAY
Al Jarreau - Boogie Down
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