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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Was Latest Storm ‘The Big Dark,’ or Just Normal Weather? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Wildfire Fight Brings Pacific Northwest Democrats & Republicans Together (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon Might Promise Electric Vehicle Rebates Before Funding Is Actually Available (Northwest Public Radio)
Yakima: Rain Contributes to Multiple Pole Fires Causing Widespread Outages (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Oregon: Columbia River PUD Will Sue State Energy Department Again over Annual Fee (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)
Google Parent Company Sends Up Solar-Powered Balloons to Bring Internet Service to Puerto Rico (Los Angeles Times, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Yakima: Rain Contributes to Multiple Pole Fires Causing Widespread Outages
- Oregon: Columbia River PUD Will Sue State Energy Department Again over Annual Fee
- Grant PUD, Wanapum Hosts Archaeology Days Wednesday, Thursday
- Op/Ed: Oregon Governor’s Energy Tax Is another Honey Pot for Special Interest
- Do You Know How to Turn Off Your Gas, Water & Electricity?
- Oklahoma Firm Secures $200 Million Contract to Restore Power in Puerto Rico
- Public Power Utilities Support Retention of Tax Exemption for Bonds
- Atlantic Salmon Spread Far & Wide after August Escape
- Rains Bring Kitsap Chum Salmon Back to Their Home Streams
- 200 Scientists Send Letter Defending Fisheries Management
- Salmon in School: An Important Pacific Northwest Story to Tell
- Wyoming: Shared Solar Program Seeks Partners
- Wildfires Scorched Marijuana Crops, Possibly Complicating California’s Rollout of Legal Sales
- EPA Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists
- Oregon Might Promise Electric Vehicle Rebates Before Funding Is Actually Available
- China’s Recyclers Eye Looming Electric Vehicle Battery Mountain
- Google Parent Company Sends Up Solar-Powered Balloons to Bring Internet Service to Puerto Rico
- How Smart Farms Are Making the Case for Rural Broadband
- U-S Warns Public about Attacks on Energy, Industrial Firms
- Where Internet Orders Mean Real Jobs, & New Life for Communities
- A Map of All the Underwater Cables That Connect the Internet
- Target Says Customers Want It to Pause the ‘Christmas Creep’
- Wildfire Fight Brings Pacific Northwest Democrats & Republicans Together
- Voters in Oregon Coast Town to Weigh in on Vacation Rental Limits
- This Is Why No One Understands What You’re Saying
- Three Injured in Highway 3 Head-On
- Shelton Water & Sewer Rate Update Monday
- Four-Hour Delays Planned for Highway 101 around Lake Crescent Beginning Oct. 30
- Amazon Receives 238 Bids for Its Second Headquarters
- Shelton Cross Country Advances to District Championship
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Some snivel and whine
“Please sir, can I have some more?”
Loud Voice: “You want more?”
(Head in bad place today. No room for creativity. Snivel, whine, pout.)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Yakima: Rain Contributes to Multiple Pole Fires Causing Widespread Outages (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Oregon: Columbia River PUD Will Sue State Energy Department Again over Annual Fee (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)
Grant PUD, Wanapum Hosts Archaeology Days Wednesday, Thursday (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
Op/Ed: Oregon Governor’s Energy Tax Is another Honey Pot for Special Interest (Oregonian, Portland)
Do You Know How to Turn Off Your Gas, Water & Electricity? (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Oklahoma Firm Secures $200 Million Contract to Restore Power in Puerto Rico (The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City)
Public Power Utilities Support Retention of Tax Exemption for Bonds (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Atlantic Salmon Spread Far & Wide after August Escape (Northwest Public Radio)
Rains Bring Kitsap Chum Salmon Back to Their Home Streams (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
200 Scientists Send Letter Defending Fisheries Management (Associated Press)
Salmon in School: An Important Pacific Northwest Story to Tell (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Wyoming: Shared Solar Program Seeks Partners (Jackson Hole News & Guide, WY)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Wildfires Scorched Marijuana Crops, Possibly Complicating California’s Rollout of Legal Sales (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
EPA Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Oregon Might Promise Electric Vehicle Rebates Before Funding Is Actually Available (Northwest Public Radio)
China’s Recyclers Eye Looming Electric Vehicle Battery Mountain (Reuters)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Parent Company Sends Up Solar-Powered Balloons to Bring Internet Service to Puerto Rico (Los Angeles Times, CA)
How Smart Farms Are Making the Case for Rural Broadband (Associated Press)
U-S Warns Public about Attacks on Energy, Industrial Firms (Reuters)
Where Internet Orders Mean Real Jobs, & New Life for Communities (NY Times)
A Map of All the Underwater Cables That Connect the Internet (Vox)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Target Says Customers Want It to Pause the ‘Christmas Creep’ (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Wildfire Fight Brings Pacific Northwest Democrats & Republicans Together (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Voters in Oregon Coast Town to Weigh in on Vacation Rental Limits (Northwest Public Radio)
This Is Why No One Understands What You’re Saying (Fast Company)
GENERAL NEWS
Three Injured in Highway 3 Head-On (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Shelton Water & Sewer Rate Update Monday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Four-Hour Delays Planned for Highway 101 around Lake Crescent Beginning Oct. 30 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Amazon Receives 238 Bids for Its Second Headquarters (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Shelton Cross Country Advances to District Championship (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
TOT OF RUM FOR YOUR LABORS – DIVERSIONS
Honolulu Store Owners Say Thieves Are Targeting Cans of Spam
Ahoy! Old Ironsides, Oldest Warship Afloat, Tours Harbor
Here’s Nemo, the French President’s Dog, Peeing in the Elysée’s Fireplace During a Meeting
Amazon Customers Surprised To Receive 65 Pounds of Marijuana They Did Not Order
SONG OF THE DAY
Van Morrison – Into the Mystic
Joe Cocker – Into the Mystic
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