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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Dry Streak Lives On: Yes, It Drizzled, But Seattle’s Rainless Days Continue, Weather Service Says (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Adopts Rates to Strengthen Finances & Adapt to a Rapidly Changing Electricity Industry (Bonneville Power Administration)
Salmon, Tribal Interests at Stake in Columbia River Treaty Update (Water Deeply)
Port Angeles Investigates Possible Data Breach (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Portland Prepared to Pull Russian Software Used To Scan Malicious Emails (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Council or Commission – Future of Shelton City Commission in Voters’ Hands (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Adopts Rates to Strengthen Finances & Adapt to a Rapidly Changing Electricity Industry
- Bonneville Raising Power Rates to Local Utilities
- Bonneville to Raise Rates 5.4%
- Port Angeles Investigates Possible Data Breach
- Acquisitions: Elliott Wins More Time to Beat Berkshire Hathaway’s Oncor Deal
- Trump Formally Establishes Infrastructure Council, With Focus on Energy
- GOP Preserves Yucca Mountain as Nuclear Waste Storage Site
- Baseload Power Will Keep the Lights On
- Op/Ed: Why the Greens Hate Nuclear Power
- California Prices Increasingly Mimic ‘Duck Curve,’ EIA Says
- British Columbia Man Jumps into Creek to Save Dogs, Suffers Electric Shock
- Salmon, Tribal Interests at Stake in Columbia River Treaty Update
- The Five Red States Leading America in Green Energy (Including HYDRO!)
- Federal Repeal & Replacement of Clean Water Rule Begins Today
- Punch Your Zip Code into This Website to Learn If Your Tap Water Could Be Unsafe
- Should California Start Its Own Bank to Serve Marijuana Companies? It Wouldn’t Be Easy
- Electric Cars: Everything You Need to Know
- Portland Prepared to Pull Russian Software Used to Scan Malicious Emails
- Taking Broadband to the Country
- Op/Ed: Microsoft’s Misguided Broadband Plan Endangers Americans
- ‘My Sky Broadband Was Wiped Out By Neighbor’s Faulty Kettle’
- Facebook Shares Hit Record High as Mobile Ad Sales Soar
- Twitter Lost 2 Million Users in the U-S Last Quarter
- Evergreen State College Professor Who Opposed Anti-Racism Day Threatens to Sue
- Council or Commission – Future of Shelton City Commission in Voters’ Hands
- Mason County Leaders Set Public Hearing on Plan to Raise Property Tax Rate
- State Officials Choose Brewer Road Option to Improve Lynch Road-101 Intersection
- Washington Distracted-Driving Law Has Drivers Wondering If They Can Still Drink Coffee on the Road
- Worsening Drought Conditions in Parts of U-S Stressing Crops
Panoptic • \pan-OP-tick\ • Adjective – Being or presenting a comprehensive or panoramic view
Visitors to Mason County PUD No. 3’s Kamilche Peak tower site are treated to a panoptic view which includes the Olympic Mountains, Mount Rainier & Puget Sound.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Adopts Rates to Strengthen Finances & Adapt to a Rapidly Changing Electricity Industry (Bonneville Power Administration)
Bonneville Raising Power Rates to Local Utilities (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Bonneville to Raise Rates 5.4% (Longview Daily News, WA)
Port Angeles Investigates Possible Data Breach (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Acquisitions: Elliott Wins More Time to Beat Berkshire Hathaway’s Oncor Deal (Reuters)
Trump Formally Establishes Infrastructure Council, With Focus on Energy (Utility Dive)
GOP Preserves Yucca Mountain as Nuclear Waste Storage Site (Washington Examiner)
Baseload Power Will Keep the Lights On (Forbes Magazine)
Op/Ed: Why the Greens Hate Nuclear Power – Radical environmentalists insist only wind & solar are legitimate sources of power (Washington Times)
California Prices Increasingly Mimic ‘Duck Curve,’ EIA Says (American Public Power Association)
British Columbia Man Jumps into Creek to Save Dogs, Suffers Electric Shock (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon, Tribal Interests at Stake in Columbia River Treaty Update (Water Deeply)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & POWER STORAGE
The Five Red States Leading America in Green Energy (CNBC – Ha! This evaluation includes HYDRO)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Federal Repeal & Replacement of Clean Water Rule Begins Today (Courthouse News Service)
Punch Your Zip Code into This Website to Learn If Your Tap Water Could Be Unsafe (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Should California Start Its Own Bank to Serve Marijuana Companies? It Wouldn’t Be Easy (Los Angeles Times, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Electric Cars: Everything You Need to Know (The Guardian, UK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Portland Prepared to Pull Russian Software Used to Scan Malicious Emails (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Taking Broadband to the Country – Microsoft’s initiative would promote economic growth in the hinterlands (Washington Examiner,)
Op/Ed: Microsoft’s Misguided Broadband Plan Endangers Americans (The Hill, Washington, DC)
‘My Sky Broadband Was Wiped Out By Neighbor’s Faulty Kettle’ (The Telegraph, UK)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Shares Hit Record High as Mobile Ad Sales Soar (Reuters)
Twitter Lost 2 Million Users in the U-S Last Quarter (Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Evergreen State College Professor Who Opposed Anti-Racism Day Threatens to Sue (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Council or Commission – Future of Shelton City Commission in Voters’ Hands (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Leaders Set Public Hearing on Plan to Raise Property Tax Rate (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
State Officials Choose Brewer Road Option to Improve Lynch Road-101 Intersection (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington Distracted-Driving Law Has Drivers Wondering If They Can Still Drink Coffee on the Road (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Worsening Drought Conditions in Parts of U-S Stressing Crops (Associated Press)
DINOSAURS IN THE DUST – DIVERSIONS
Eclipse Creating Record Demand for Marijuana, Liquor
http://www.kgw.com/news/eclipse/eclipse-creating-record-demand-for-oregon-liquor-marijuana/459535936
Los Angeles Man Accused of Smuggling King Cobras in Potato Chip Cans
A 9-Year-Old Tripped, Fell & Discovered a Million-Year-Old Fossil
Bag with Moon Dust in It Fetches $1.8 Million from a Mystery Buyer
SONG OF THE DAY
Jeff Beck & Imelda May – How High the Moon
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