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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Construction Budget Held Up in Dispute over Water Rights (Associated Press)
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Nears Deal for Bankrupt Utility Oncor: Sources (Reuters)
Hackers Are Targeting Nuclear Facilities, Homeland Security Department & FBI Say (NY Times)
Low Gas, Renewables Prices Spur Idaho Power to Phase Out Most Coal Generation (Utility Dive)
Report: Wages Growing in Washington State’s Marijuana Industry (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Nears Deal for Bankrupt Utility Oncor: Sources
- Hackers Are Targeting Nuclear Facilities, Homeland Security Department & FBI Say
- Low Gas, Renewables Prices Spur Idaho Power to Phase Out Most Coal Generation
- Third Man Dies Following June 29 Florida Power Plant Accident
- Ruralite Services Names New Managing Editor (Ruralite)
- Monitor, Stakeholders Question Energy Imbalance Market Changes
- Feds Begins Cool Water Discharges for Returning Snake River Sockeye; Dam Passage below Average
- Manufacturers Fear Losing Electric Grid Independence to Wind & Solar
- Alphabet Lab Turns Out New Geothermal Company for Residential Heating & Cooling
- Safety Tips & Reminders – Energy Use While On Summer Vacation
- Report: Wages Growing in Washington State’s Marijuana Industry
- Cash & Carry: Nevada Marijuana Dispensaries Off to Smokin' Hot Start
- Microsoft Laying Off Thousands of Workers in Sales Shakeup
- Mason PUD 3 Considering Creating “Fiberhoods”
- How Open-Internet Rules Are Actually Helping Consumers
- Instagram Users Not Pleased after Their Accounts Are Disabled for No Reason
- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to Instagram Haters: 'Can I Get You a Beer?'
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Washington State Construction Budget Held Up in Dispute over Water Rights
- President Trump Is Seeking Voter Data. What Does That Mean?
- Washington Secretary Of State: Vote Fraud Claim ‘Ludicrous’; Refers President Trump to Website
- China-Bound Flight Returns to Seattle after Passenger Assaults Crew Member
- Seattle Approaches a Month of No Rain at All — With More Sunny Days Ahead
- Economy Added 222,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Is at 4.4 Percent
- New I-5 Lanes Open near Notorious Tacoma Dome Crawl
- Are Taillights All You See? Half Of Us Live Here & Work Somewhere Else
- Northwest Wheat Harvest Starts Up, Likely a 'Bin Buster'
- Panther Lake: Kitsap Culvert Replacement to Detour Traffic into Mason County
- New Statewide 564 Area Code Will Require Ten-Digit-Dialing Beginning in August
Ruction • \RUCK-shun\ • Noun – 1: noisy fight 2: disturbance, uproar
Occupy Wall Street
The ruction and angst prevail
Penthouse view of tents
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Nears Deal for Bankrupt Utility Oncor: Sources (Reuters)
Hackers Are Targeting Nuclear Facilities, Homeland Security Department & FBI Say (NY Times)
Low Gas, Renewables Prices Spur Idaho Power to Phase Out Most Coal Generation (Utility Dive)
Ruralite Services Names New Managing Editor (Ruralite)
Third Man Dies Following June 29 Florida Power Plant Accident (Associated Press)
Monitor, Stakeholders Question Energy Imbalance Market Changes (RTO Insider)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Begins Cool Water Discharges for Returning Snake River Sockeye; Dam Passage below Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Manufacturers Fear Losing Electric Grid Independence to Wind & Solar (Washington Examiner)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Alphabet Lab Turns Out New Geothermal Company for Residential Heating & Cooling (Utility Dive)
Safety Tips & Reminders – Energy Use While On Summer Vacation (Boone County Connection, MO)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Report: Wages Growing in Washington State’s Marijuana Industry (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Cash & Carry: Nevada Marijuana Dispensaries Off to Smokin' Hot Start (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Laying Off Thousands of Workers in Sales Shakeup (Associated Press)
Mason PUD 3 Considering Creating “Fiberhoods” (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
How Open-Internet Rules Are Actually Helping Consumers (Yahoo Finance)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Instagram Users Not Pleased after Their Accounts Are Disabled for No Reason (Consumerist)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to Instagram Haters: 'Can I Get You a Beer?' (Associated Press)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Construction Budget Held Up in Dispute over Water Rights (Associated Press)
President Trump Is Seeking Voter Data. What Does That Mean? (NY Times)
Washington Secretary Of State: Vote Fraud Claim ‘Ludicrous’; Refers President Trump to Website (Associated Press)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/politics/wyman-vote-fraud-claim-ludicrous-refers-trump-to-website/
GENERAL NEWS
China-Bound Flight Returns to Seattle after Passenger Assaults Crew Member (Reuters)
Seattle Approaches a Month of No Rain at All — With More Sunny Days Ahead (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Economy Added 222,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Is at 4.4 Percent (Atlantic Magazine)
New I-5 Lanes Open near Notorious Tacoma Dome Crawl (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Are Taillights All You See? Half Of Us Live Here & Work Somewhere Else (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Northwest Wheat Harvest Starts Up, Likely a 'Bin Buster' (Northwest Public Radio)
Panther Lake: Kitsap Culvert Replacement to Detour Traffic into Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
New Statewide 564 Area Code Will Require Ten-Digit-Dialing Beginning in August (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Professional Runner Outruns Two Bears While Training In Woods
China Just Built a 250-Acre Solar Farm Shaped Like a Giant Panda
The Slow, Secret Death of the Electric Guitar – Why You Should Care.
Are Taillights All You See? Half of Us Live Here & Work Somewhere Else (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
SONG OF THE DAY
Cream – Crossroads
Alex Chadwick – 100 Riffs (A Brief History of Rock N' Roll)
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