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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
North Mason Schools: Wednesday’s Active Shooter Report at
Hawkins Middle School Was False (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Thousands of Businesses, Groups Lobby for Defense of EPA
Energy Star Program (Utility Dive)
City of Shelton Defends Treatment Plant after Criticism from
Shellfish Farmer (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Including Squaxin Tribe – Indian Tribes Fear Trump Will Be a
Buzzkill for Their Marijuana Business (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
California’s Wildflower ‘Super Bloom’ Is So Massive You Can
See It from Space (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Costs Go Up About $3 Million on Grant PUD’s Priest Rapids Refurbishment
- News Release: Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill to Safeguard Electric Transmission, Enhance Grid Reliability
- Peninsula Light Welcomes New Chief Business Officer
- After Five Years, Illinois Smart Grid Buildout Showing Results
- City of Shelton Defends Treatment Plant after Criticism from Shellfish Farmer
- Includes Annas Bay, North Bay: Six Washington State Shellfish Areas Closed, Other Areas Threatened
- New Population of Invasive Green Crabs Found in Washington
- Tribes Sue Coast Guard over Tanker Traffic’s Risk to Orcas
- Program That Pays Cash for Catching Fish Starts Monday
- Stocking Lakes Keeps Naches Hatchery Busy All Spring
- California’s Wildflower ‘Super Bloom’ Is So Massive You Can See It from Space
- Social Media Investigation – Congressman Newhouse Disagrees with “What’s Upstream” Audit
- Minnesota Power Plant That Burns Turkey Poop Faces Closure
- Imperial Irrigation District Is No. 1 for Storage MW in SEPA Ranking
- Thousands of Businesses, Groups Lobby for Defense of EPA Energy Star Program
- Including Squaxin Tribe – Indian Tribes Fear Trump Will Be a Buzzkill for Their Marijuana Business
- The Trump White House Is at War With Itself about Climate Change
- F.C.C. Chairman Pushes Sweeping Changes to Net Neutrality Rules
- ISPs Trot Out Old Lies to Defend New Attack on Net Neutrality
- Hackers Exploited Word Flaw for Months While Microsoft Investigated
- Digital Ad Spend Jumps 22 Percent to $72.5 Billion in 2016: Report
- Twitter Reports First Quarterly Revenue Decline since Going Public
- Why Instagram Is Becoming Facebook’s Next Facebook
- ESPN Layoffs: The Struggling Industry Giant Sheds On-Air Talent
- How to Create a Social Media Marketing Content Plan in Seven Steps
- President Trump Blasts 9th Circuit over Immigration Rulings
- Free Our #Hashtags: Some State Lawmakers Want to Loosen Up on Social Media – Others Fear It Could Go Too Far
- North Mason Schools: Wednesday’s Active Shooter Report at Hawkins Middle School Was False
- Mason County Commissioners Confront Budget Shortfall – Staff Cuts, New Fees, Vote on Levies Proposed
- Man Charged With Leaving Scene of Fatal Centralia I-5 Crash, Setting Truck on Fire
- Biggest Washington State Patrol Cadet Graduation in Recent Years
- Shelton Robotics Finishes in Top 6% at World Championship
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Costs Go Up About $3 Million on Grant PUD’s Priest Rapids
Refurbishment (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
News Release: Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill to Safeguard
Electric Transmission, Enhance Grid Reliability (U-S House Committee on Natural
Resources)
Peninsula Light Welcomes New Chief Business Officer (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
After Five Years, Illinois Smart Grid Buildout Showing
Results (Midwest Energy News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
City of Shelton Defends Treatment Plant after Criticism from
Shellfish Farmer (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Includes Annas Bay, North Bay: Six Washington State Shellfish
Areas Closed, Other Areas Threatened (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
New Population of Invasive Green Crabs Found in Washington (Associated
Press)
Tribes Sue Coast Guard over Tanker Traffic’s Risk to Orcas (Associated
Press)
Program That Pays Cash for Catching Fish Starts Monday (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Stocking Lakes Keeps Naches Hatchery Busy All Spring (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
California’s Wildflower ‘Super Bloom’ Is So Massive You Can
See It from Space (Washington Post)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Social Media Investigation – Congressman Newhouse Disagrees with
“What’s Upstream” Audit (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Minnesota Power Plant That Burns Turkey Poop Faces Closure (Minnesota
Public Radio)
Imperial Irrigation District Is No.
1 for Storage MW in SEPA Ranking (American Public Power Association)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Thousands of Businesses, Groups Lobby for Defense of EPA
Energy Star Program (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Including Squaxin Tribe – Indian Tribes Fear Trump Will Be a
Buzzkill for Their Marijuana Business (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Trump White House Is at War With Itself about Climate
Change (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
F.C.C. Chairman Pushes Sweeping Changes to Net Neutrality
Rules (NY Times)
ISPs Trot Out Old Lies to Defend New Attack on Net
Neutrality (Broadband Reports)
Hackers Exploited Word Flaw for Months While Microsoft Investigated
(Reuters)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Digital Ad Spend Jumps 22 Percent to $72.5 Billion in 2016:
Report (Reuters)
Twitter Reports First Quarterly Revenue Decline since Going
Public (Associated Press)
Why Instagram Is Becoming Facebook’s Next Facebook (NY
Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/technology/why-instagram-is-becoming-facebooks-next-facebook.html
ESPN Layoffs: The Struggling Industry Giant Sheds On-Air
Talent (NY Times)
How to Create a Social Media Marketing Content Plan in Seven
Steps (Social Media Examiner)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
President Trump Blasts 9th Circuit over Immigration Rulings (USA
Today)
Free Our #Hashtags: Some State Lawmakers Want to Loosen Up on
Social Media – Others Fear It Could Go Too Far (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
North Mason Schools: Wednesday’s Active Shooter Report at
Hawkins Middle School Was False (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Commissioners Confront Budget Shortfall – Staff
Cuts, New Fees, Vote on Levies Proposed (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Man Charged With Leaving Scene of Fatal Centralia I-5 Crash,
Setting Truck on Fire (Associated Press)
Biggest Washington State Patrol Cadet Graduation in Recent
Years (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Shelton Robotics Finishes in Top 6% at World Championship
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Presidential Naughty Bits – Finally, From Italy, the Full
George Washington
911 Call: Man Wants Police Dog to Search for Stolen Heroin
The Sly Bird Meme Is the Latest Thing You Have to Know About
What’s In a Name? Bronx Zoo Proudly Displays ‘Snot Otters’
SONG OF THE DAY
The Grass Roots – Temptation Eyes
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