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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Montana Lawmakers Unveil Bills to Address Colstrip Coal Unit
Retirements (Utility Dive)
Tacoma Utility Board Member Says Voting Down Power Rate
Hikes Could Reopen Click! Funding Talks (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Higher Fees, Other Changes to Public Records Law Advance at
Washington State Capitol (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
The Coldest Winter in a Generation for the Pacific Northwest
(Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Port of Vancouver Meeting Hindered by Cyberattack “…an
attendee…unknowingly had a virus on their computer…once connected to the port’s
Wi-Fi, the virus started attacking the port’s network…” (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana Lawmakers Unveil Bills to Address Colstrip Coal Unit Retirements
- Tacoma Utility Board Member Says Voting Down Power Rate Hikes Could Reopen Click! Funding Talks
- Is There Too Much Water Behind Oroville Dam? Critics Say Army Corps Standards Unsafe
- Mason PUD 3 Awards Students for Electricity-Related Projects
- WSDOT Reports Wire Thefts on Two Vancouver-Area State Highways
- State Probes into New York Utilities’ Windstorm Response Sought
- Hydroelectric Generators Are Among the United States’ Oldest Power Plants
- Columbia River Salmon Forecast Lacks Big Numbers of Recent Years
- Nez Perce Reintroduce Coho Salmon to Grande Ronde Basin
- Editorial: Don’t Let President Trump Trample on Puget Sound’s Environmental Gains
- Tesla’s Solar Energy Plant in Hawaii Flips the ‘On’ Switch
- ‘LED Street Lights Are Disturbing My Sleep’
- Chelan County Cannabis Group Protests Over Threat to Jobs
- Behind the Quiet State-by-State Fight Over Electric Vehicles
- Elon Musk Bets His Batteries Can Stop Australia’s Blackouts – Or They’re Free
- Port of Vancouver Meeting Hindered by Cyberattack
- Miscue Calls Attention to Amazon’s Dominance in Cloud Computing
- Report: AT&T Failed to Upgrade Poor Areas to Broadband
- Arby’s Reports Data Breach
- Smartphones Have You Pegged – For Better or Worse, They’ll Soon ID You
- An Unconfirmed Change in How Google Ranks Web Pages Is Freaking Some People Out
- Huge Number of Twitter Accounts Are Not Operated by Humans
- Marketers Can’t Win without Being Direct & Honest, SXSW Expert Panel Says
- Higher Fees, Other Changes to Public Records Law Advance at Washington State Capitol
- Cities Groan Under Weight of Huge Public Records Requests
- Legal Bills Mounting in Court Battle over Pierce County Prosecutor’s Texts
- Langley Mayor Bills Newspaper $64 for Sanctuary City Question
- Seattle Now Has Its First ‘Chief Resilience Officer’
- The Coldest Winter in a Generation for the Pacific Northwest
- Northwest States Write Up Wake Up Call for ‘The Big One’
- City of Shelton Installs Stop Signs at 4th Street, Railroad Ave.
- Mumps Outbreak Spreads Across the Nation
- Oregon Lumber Community Looks to Trump & Innovation to Survive
- Oregon Alcohol Industry Jobs Outpace Software Sector
- Firefighters Climb Seattle’s Columbia Center for a Cause
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana Lawmakers Unveil Bills to Address Colstrip Coal Unit
Retirements (Utility Dive)
Tacoma Utility Board Member Says Voting Down Power Rate
Hikes Could Reopen Click! Funding Talks (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Is There Too Much Water Behind Oroville Dam? Critics Say Army
Corps Standards Unsafe (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Mason PUD 3 Awards Students for Electricity-Related Projects
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
WSDOT Reports Wire Thefts on Two Vancouver-Area State
Highways (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
State Probes into New York Utilities’ Windstorm Response
Sought (Associated Press)
Hydroelectric Generators Are Among the United States’ Oldest
Power Plants (U-S Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Salmon Forecast Lacks Big Numbers of Recent
Years (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Nez Perce Reintroduce Coho Salmon to Grande Ronde Basin
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Editorial: Don’t Let President Trump Trample on Puget Sound’s
Environmental Gains (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Tesla’s Solar Energy Plant in Hawaii Flips the ‘On’ Switch (Christian
Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
‘LED Street Lights Are Disturbing My Sleep’ (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Chelan County Cannabis Group Protests Over Threat to Jobs (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Behind the Quiet State-by-State Fight Over Electric Vehicles
(NY Times)
Elon Musk Bets His Batteries Can Stop Australia’s Blackouts
– Or They’re Free (LA Biz, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Port of Vancouver Meeting Hindered by Cyberattack “…an
attendee…unknowingly had a virus on their computer…once connected to the port’s
Wi-Fi, the virus started attacking the port’s network…” (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
Miscue Calls Attention to Amazon’s Dominance in Cloud
Computing (NY Times)
Report: AT&T Failed to Upgrade Poor Areas to Broadband (Broadband
Reports)
Arby’s Reports Data Breach (South Florida Business Journal)
Smartphones Have You Pegged – For Better or Worse, They’ll
Soon ID You (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory – Wait a minute. You say my
lack of privacy is MY fault?)
MARKETING & MEDIA
An Unconfirmed Change in How Google Ranks Web Pages Is
Freaking Some People Out (Washington Post)
Huge Number of Twitter Accounts Are Not Operated by Humans
(Yahoo! Tech)
Marketers Can’t Win without Being Direct & Honest, SXSW
Expert Panel Says (Austin Business Journal, TX)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Higher Fees, Other Changes to Public Records Law Advance at
Washington State Capitol (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Cities Groan Under Weight of Huge Public Records Requests
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Legal Bills Mounting in Court Battle over Pierce County
Prosecutor’s Texts (Associated Press)
Langley Mayor Bills Newspaper $64 for Sanctuary City
Question (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Seattle Now Has Its First ‘Chief Resilience Officer’ “...lead
citywide efforts to build holistic resilience to the social, physical &
economic challenges that are an increasing part of the 21st Century…” (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
The Coldest Winter in a Generation for the Pacific Northwest
(Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Northwest States Write Up Wake Up Call for ‘The Big One’
(Northwest Public Radio)
City of Shelton Installs Stop Signs at 4th Street, Railroad
Ave. (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mumps Outbreak Spreads Across the Nation (Gizmodo)
Oregon Lumber Community Looks to Trump & Innovation to
Survive (National Public Radio)
Oregon Alcohol Industry Jobs Outpace Software Sector
(KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Firefighters Climb Seattle’s Columbia Center for a Cause
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
2017 NCAA Men’s Tournament Bracket: Villanova, Kansas, North
Carolina, & Gonzaga on Top
Thieves Caught Ransacking Girls’ Basketball Team Bus in Portland
Officials Deny Hug from Little Brother Sister after Her Big
State Championship Win
Sleepy Colorado Town Comes Alive During ‘Frozen Dead Guy
Days’
SONG OF THE DAY
Bob Dylan & Tom Petty - Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
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