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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mason County Sheriff’s SWAT Responds to Phony Report of
Shootings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Inslee to Talk about Climate Change at United Nations
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Tacoma Public Utilities Board Offers Revamped Plan for Power
Rate Hikes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon Solar Aims to Provide Ten Percent of State’s
Electricity by 2027 (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Poor Sanitation, Safety Targeted In Federal Bill to Improve
Columbia River Tribal Fishing Sites (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Tacoma Public Utilities Board Offers Revamped Plan for Power Rate Hikes
- New Hermiston Substation Expected to Decrease Power Failures
- Chelan PUD Studies Building Upgrades
- Op/Ed: Energy Northwest – Safe, Reliable Power Generation
- Satire: Avista Profits Can Buy Lots of Reddy Kilowatt Accessories
- Poor Sanitation, Safety Targeted In Federal Bill to Improve Columbia River Tribal Fishing Sites
- Still No Answers as British Columbia Oyster Norovirus Outbreak Continues
- Shoals of Goldfish Starving Out Rivals in Munich
- Columbia River Mystery Sheen Identified as Biodiesel
- California: Forest Service Demolishes Silverado Canyon Dams Despite Protests
- Oregon Solar Aims to Provide Ten Percent of State’s Electricity by 2027
- Montana: Wind Farms Trying to Come to Big Timber
- Utah Governor Signs Bill to Phase Out Solar Tax Credit
- Fire Safety Issues Dog Battery Storage Growth in New York City, Slowing Deployment
- California Bills Propose ‘Clean Peak’ Standard to Boost Renewables Deployment
- Centralia Coal Transition Weatherization Board Supports Lewis County PUD Energy Efficiency Programs
- Three Upgrades to Help Boost Your Home’s Energy Efficiency
- Pacific Northwest Marijuana Investment Network Set to Launch
- Illinois Lawmakers Propose Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
- Inslee to Talk about Climate Change at United Nations
- Arctic Sea Ice Dips to Record Low for Winter
- Seattle Joins Effort to Press for Production of Electric Heavy-Duty Vehicles for City Fleets
- Ouch: Looking for Innovation? Tennessee Is Among the Last Places You Should Look, According to This Study
- The FCC’s $300 Million Broadband Map Is Stuck in Useless Limbo
- 17,000 AT&T Workers in California & Nevada Go on Strike
- Why You Should Care About the Supreme Court Case on Toner Cartridges
- Google’s YouTube Crisis Spreads to U-S as AT&T & Verizon Pull Ad Dollars
- Popular Social Media Apps & How Teens & Tweens Are Using Them
- Proposed Washington State Law Blocks Criminal History from Job Applications
- Shelton Finance Director Sheds Light on City Debt
- Six Pieces of Advice for Women in Energy & Environment
- Mason County Sheriff’s SWAT Responds to Phony Report of Shootings
- Two-Year Closure of Highway 8/Highway 108 Intersection in McCleary Starts Soon
- Washington State Unemployment at Its Lowest in Nine Years
- Mason County Commissioners Dub Rehabilitated Islet at Island Lake as Smith Island
- Alaska Airlines to Drop Virgin America Name & Logo
- Far-Fetched as They Might Seem, Secession Movements Are Thriving in the Pacific Northwest
- Oregon Teens Buy Fake Gold Bars, Sell as Real Thing to Duped Customers
Repartee • \rep-er-TEE\ • noun - 1a: a quick & witty
reply *b: a succession or interchange of clever retorts: amusing & usually
light sparring with words 2: adroitness & cleverness in reply
I will leave today’s discussion to Merriam-Webster:
One person often noted for her repartee was Dorothy Parker,
writer and legendary member of the Algonquin Round Table. Upon hearing that
Calvin Coolidge had died, she replied, “How can they tell?”
The taciturn Coolidge did not have a reputation for being
the life of the party. He came out with a particularly famous repartee. When a
dinner guest approached him and told him she had bet someone she could get him
to say more than two words, he replied, “You lose.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Tacoma Public Utilities Board Offers Revamped Plan for Power
Rate Hikes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
New Hermiston Substation Expected to Decrease Power Failures
(East Oregonian, Pendleton)
Chelan PUD Studies Building Upgrades (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee,
WA)
Op/Ed: Energy Northwest – Safe, Reliable Power Generation (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Satire: Avista Profits Can Buy Lots of Reddy Kilowatt Accessories
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Poor Sanitation, Safety Targeted In Federal Bill to Improve Columbia
River Tribal Fishing Sites (Oregonian, Portland)
Still No Answers as British Columbia Oyster Norovirus
Outbreak Continues (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Shoals of Goldfish Starving Out Rivals in Munich (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Columbia River Mystery Sheen Identified as Biodiesel (North
Central Washington Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
California: Forest Service Demolishes Silverado Canyon Dams
Despite Protests (Los Angeles Times, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Oregon Solar Aims to Provide Ten Percent of State’s
Electricity by 2027 (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Montana: Wind Farms Trying to Come to Big Timber (KFBB-TV,
Great Falls, MT)
Utah Governor Signs Bill to Phase Out Solar Tax Credit (Utility
Dive)
Fire Safety Issues Dog Battery Storage Growth in New York
City, Slowing Deployment (Utility Dive)
California Bills Propose ‘Clean Peak’ Standard to Boost
Renewables Deployment (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Centralia Coal Transition Weatherization Board Supports
Lewis County PUD Energy Efficiency Programs (Lewis County PUD, Chehalis, WA)
Three Upgrades to Help Boost Your Home’s Energy Efficiency (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Pacific Northwest Marijuana Investment Network Set to Launch
(Marijuana Business Daily)
Illinois Lawmakers Propose Bill Legalizing Recreational
Marijuana (Consumerist)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Inslee to Talk about Climate Change at United Nations (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Arctic Sea Ice Dips to Record Low for Winter (Associated
Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Seattle Joins Effort to Press for Production of Electric
Heavy-Duty Vehicles for City Fleets (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Ouch: Looking for Innovation? Tennessee Is Among the Last
Places You Should Look, According to This Study (Nashville Business Journal,
TN)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The FCC’s $300 Million Broadband Map Is Stuck in Useless Limbo
(Broadband Reports)
17,000 AT&T Workers in California & Nevada Go on Strike
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Why You Should Care About the Supreme Court Case on Toner
Cartridges (Consumerist)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Google’s YouTube Crisis Spreads to U-S as AT&T & Verizon
Pull Ad Dollars (Chicago Business Journal, IL)
Popular Social Media Apps & How Teens & Tweens Are
Using Them (Xooloo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Proposed Washington State Law Blocks Criminal History from
Job Applications (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Shelton Finance Director Sheds Light on City Debt (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Six Pieces of Advice for Women in Energy & Environment (American
Public Power Association)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Sheriff’s SWAT Responds to Phony Report of
Shootings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Two-Year Closure of Highway 8/Highway 108 Intersection in
McCleary Starts Soon (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Unemployment at Its Lowest in Nine Years (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Mason County Commissioners Dub Rehabilitated Islet at Island
Lake as Smith Island (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Alaska Airlines to Drop Virgin America Name & Logo (Associated
Press)
Far-Fetched as They Might Seem, Secession Movements Are
Thriving in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon Teens Buy Fake Gold Bars, Sell as Real Thing to Duped
Customers (Oregonian, Portland)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
PHOTOS: National Puppy Day!
Chuck Barris, Producer & Personality of ‘Gong Show’
Fame, Dies at 87
Awkward: Kristi Yamaguchi Tweets ‘Break a Leg’ to Nancy
Kerrigan
Ex-Postal Worker Admits Scamming $1.2 M in Federal Benefits
SONG OF THE DAY
Lobo – Me & You and a Dog Named Boo
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