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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington Only State with Below Average Temps in February
(Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Sea Lions Continue Salmon Feast at Bonneville Dam (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Tacoma Water, Power Rates Could Go Up, Due to Lower Usage
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Pacific County Power Usage Reaches 15-Year Peak – Cold
Weather Commands Higher Energy Demands (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)
Washington State Community Says Its Being Held Hostage by
Cable Company (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Tacoma Water, Power Rates Could Go Up, Due to Lower Usage
- Pacific County Power Usage Reaches 15-Year Peak – Cold Weather Commands Higher Energy Demands
- Vehicle Snags Power Lines, Knocks Out Power West of Port Angeles
- Leavenworth & Chelan Substation Siting Plans Discussed
- Douglas PUD General Manager Awarded for 30-Year Service
- Feds: Electricity Generation Will Decline 1% This Year before Rebounding in 2018
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Environmentalists to Try to Extend Crisis at Grid Watchdog
- Sea Lions Continue Salmon Feast at Bonneville Dam
- Fishing Guide Caught Clubbing Endangered Coho on Camera
- Feds Renew British Columbia Oyster Warning as Norovirus Infections Continue
- Don’t Blame the Gophers: Thurston County Issue Not Bad as Commissioner Says
- Sinking Boat on Long Beach Peninsula Imperils Oyster Harvest
- The Stunning Way Patagonia Is Trying to Defend Threatened Public Lands
- No Pacific Northwest Water Problems This Summer
- How Water Swaps Help the West Manage a Precious Resource
- Oahu: Wind Farm Developer Responds to Surfers’ Claim of Project Hurting Wave Conditions at Sunset
- Occupant-Aware Buildings or Building-Aware Occupants?
- West Coast Energy Regulators Renew Pledge to Curb Carbon
- Guess Which Word the EPA Just Deleted from Its Science Mission Statement
- Washington State Community Says Its Being Held Hostage by Cable Company
- CenturyLink Complaints Climb Again Amid Portland Fiber Rollout
- Spring Sun Outages
- Cutting the Cord Could Cost as Much as Cable
- The Latest Update to Google Photos Can Automatically Make Your Photos Look Better
- Representative Helen Sommers Dies – Served In Washington State House for 36 Years
- Boredom in Washington State Legislature Breeds a Twitter Hashtag: #walegmovies
- Washington Only State with Below Average Temps in February
- Washington State Legislature Approves Ban on Holding Phones While Driving
- Pacific Northwest Lumber Producers Watching Canada Closely
- Gas Prices Are Rising In the Area
- Mason County to Update Response Plan for Natural Disasters
- A Look at International Women’s Day Events around the World
Ramify ● \RAM-uh-fye\ ● Verb – 1: to split up into branches
or constituent parts 2: to send forth branches or extensions 3: to cause to
branch
Spring’s impending change
Trees ramify; limbs reach high
Bear fragrant blossoms
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Tacoma Water, Power Rates Could Go Up, Due to Lower Usage (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Pacific County Power Usage Reaches 15-Year Peak – Cold Weather
Commands Higher Energy Demands (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)
Vehicle Snags Power Lines, Knocks Out Power West of Port
Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Leavenworth & Chelan Substation Siting Plans Discussed
(North Central Washington Live, East Wenatchee, WA)
Douglas PUD General Manager Awarded for 30-Year Service (North
Central Washington Live, East Wenatchee, WA)
Feds: Electricity Generation Will Decline 1% This Year before
Rebounding in 2018 (Utility Dive)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Environmentalists to
Try to Extend Crisis at Grid Watchdog (Washington Examiner)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea Lions Continue Salmon Feast at Bonneville Dam (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Fishing Guide Caught Clubbing Endangered Coho on Camera (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Feds Renew British Columbia Oyster Warning as Norovirus
Infections Continue (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Don’t Blame the Gophers: Thurston County Issue Not Bad as Commissioner
Says (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Sinking Boat on Long Beach Peninsula Imperils Oyster Harvest
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
The Stunning Way Patagonia Is Trying to Defend Threatened
Public Lands (USA Today)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
No Pacific Northwest Water Problems This Summer (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
How Water Swaps Help the West Manage a Precious Resource (Christian
Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Oahu: Wind Farm Developer Responds to Surfers’ Claim of
Project Hurting Wave Conditions at Sunset (Pacific Business Journal, HI)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Occupant-Aware Buildings or Building-Aware Occupants? (The
Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
West Coast Energy Regulators Renew Pledge to Curb Carbon (Northwest
Public Radio)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Guess Which Word the EPA Just Deleted from Its Science
Mission Statement (Mother Jones Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Community Says Its Being Held Hostage by
Cable Company (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
CenturyLink Complaints Climb Again Amid Portland Fiber
Rollout (Oregonian, Portland)
Spring Sun Outages (Hood Canal Communications, Union, WA)
Cutting the Cord Could Cost as Much as Cable (USA Today)
MARKETING & MEDIA
The Latest Update to Google Photos Can Automatically Make
Your Photos Look Better (Reviewed.Com)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Representative Helen Sommers Dies – Served In Washington State
House for 36 Years (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Boredom in Washington State Legislature Breeds a Twitter Hashtag:
#walegmovies (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington Only State with Below Average Temps in February (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Washington State Legislature Approves Ban on Holding Phones
While Driving (Associated Press)
Pacific Northwest Lumber Producers Watching Canada Closely
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Gas Prices Are Rising In the Area (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Mason County to Update Response Plan for Natural Disasters (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
A Look at International Women’s Day Events around the World
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
CHALLENGING THE BULL – DIVERSIONS
Why McCann Dropped a Statue of a ‘Fearless Girl’ Next to
Wall Street’s Charging Bull Overnight
Man Convicted for Not Filing Taxes over ‘Mark of the Beast’
Turning the Frown Upside Down: ‘Grumpy Dog’ Finds Loving
Home After His Adorable Photos Go Viral
$7.5M Guitar Sale in Delaware May Smash World Record
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/08/guitar-sale-possible-world-record/98892374/
SONG OF THE DAY
Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton – Can’t Find My Way Home
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