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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Kalispel Tribe Launches Electric Utility to Serve Northern
Quest Complex in Airway Heights (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
In Updated Plan, 38 Wind Turbines to Be Located in Lewis
County (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Salmon Fishing Restrictions May Get ‘Severe’ in Washington
State (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
New Plans for Some Threatened Salmon Are Insufficient, Feds
Say (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
How Repealing Net Neutrality Could Affect Schools’ Internet
Access (National Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Kalispel Tribe Launches Electric Utility to Serve Northern Quest Complex in Airway Heights
- Oregon Energy Department & Council Under Fire for Cutting Out Public
- British Columbia Premier John Horgan Faces Ire of First Nations after Peace River Dam Approval
- Grant PUD Commissioners Set Budget for 2018
- Edison’s Stock Price Drop Pegged to Southland Wildfires
- Japan Court Orders Shutdown of Nuclear Reactor near Volcano
- Belgium’s Lavish Energy Use Sheds Light on More Than Just Its Roads
- South Africa: Call to Fix Street Lights after Children Electrocuted
- Salmon Fishing Restrictions May Get ‘Severe’ in Washington State
- New Plans for Some Threatened Salmon Are Insufficient, Feds Say
- British Columbia: Actor William Shatner Calls for ‘Immediate Action’ on Declining Steelhead Population
- More Than a Dozen Speak Out against Yakima County’s Proposed Water Utility
- In Updated Plan, 38 Wind Turbines to Be Located in Lewis County
- Wind Farm Agrees to Sell Power to NorthWestern Energy
- Trump Admin Withheld $91 Million in Funds from Advanced Research Projects Agency, GAO Report Says
- Join or Die: How Utilities Are Coping with 100% Renewable Energy Goals
- How Drones Will Transform Wind Turbine Inspections
- Cannabis Workers May Not Earn as Much as You, But They Might Be More Optimistic
- Portland Marijuana Grow Business Catches Fire Twice; Second Fire Destroys Warehouse
- Scientists Link Hurricane Harvey’s Record Rainfall to Climate Change
- Public Power Utilities Prepare for Electric Vehicle Boom
- How Repealing Net Neutrality Could Affect Schools’ Internet Access
- San Juan County’s Unique Broadband Option to Maintain Net Neutrality
- Net Neutrality Protests Move Online, Yet Big Tech Is Quiet
- Web Creator Blasts FCC for Not Knowing How the Internet Works
- AT&T Begins Testing High-Speed Internet over Power Lines
- Brace Yourselves: The Tweetstorms Are Coming
- Teens Don’t Realize How Much Their Parents Track Them Online
- Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race
- Price Tag for Washington State’s Community Colleges IT System Goes Up $45 Million
- Mason County Hires New Public Works Deputy Director, County Engineer
- Chances for Snow in Seattle on Christmas Are …
Errant • \AIR-unt\ • Adjective – 1: traveling or given to
traveling 2*a: straying outside the proper path or bounds b: moving about
aimlessly or irregularly c: behaving wrongly
Baby chicks spilled out of the shipping cartons at the post
office, scattering hither and yon in their errant travels through the racks of
“business direct” publications and tubs of regular mail. Days after the
incident, postal clerks would stop still whenever a small chirp was heard to
track down the missing chick. Finally, one employee decided to put a food dish
out, which was appropriately dubbed the USPS “chick magnet”.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Kalispel Tribe Launches Electric Utility to Serve Northern
Quest Complex in Airway Heights (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Oregon Energy Department & Council Under Fire for Cutting
Out Public (Oregonian, Portland)
British Columbia Premier John Horgan Faces Ire of First
Nations after Peace River Dam Approval (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Grant PUD Commissioners Set Budget for 2018 (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee,
WA)
Edison’s Stock Price Drop Pegged to Southland Wildfires (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
Japan Court Orders Shutdown of Nuclear Reactor near Volcano
(Associated Press)
Belgium’s Lavish Energy Use Sheds Light on More Than Just
Its Roads (NY Times)
South Africa: Call to Fix Street Lights after Children
Electrocuted (GroundUp)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Fishing Restrictions May Get ‘Severe’ in Washington
State (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
New Plans for Some Threatened Salmon Are Insufficient, Feds
Say (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
British Columbia: Actor William Shatner Calls for ‘Immediate
Action’ on Declining Steelhead Population (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
More Than a Dozen Speak Out against Yakima County’s Proposed
Water Utility (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
In Updated Plan, 38 Wind Turbines to Be Located in Lewis
County (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Wind Farm Agrees to Sell Power to NorthWestern Energy
(Montana Public Radio)
Trump Admin Withheld $91 Million in Funds from Advanced
Research Projects Agency, GAO Report Says (Utility Dive)
Join or Die: How Utilities Are Coping with 100% Renewable
Energy Goals (Utility Dive)
How Drones Will Transform Wind Turbine Inspections (Renewable
Energy World)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Cannabis Workers May Not Earn as Much as You, But They Might
Be More Optimistic (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Portland Marijuana Grow Business Catches Fire Twice; Second
Fire Destroys Warehouse (KATU-TV, Portland, OR
http://katu.com/news/local/marijuana-grow-business-catches-fire-twice-second-fire-destroys-warehouse
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Scientists Link Hurricane Harvey’s Record Rainfall to
Climate Change (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Public Power Utilities Prepare for Electric Vehicle Boom (American
Public Power Association)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
How Repealing Net Neutrality Could Affect Schools’ Internet
Access (National Public Radio)
San Juan County’s Unique Broadband Option to Maintain Net
Neutrality (Island’s Sounder, Eastsound, WA)
Net Neutrality Protests Move Online, Yet Big Tech Is Quiet (NY
Times)
Web Creator Blasts FCC for Not Knowing How the Internet
Works (Broadband Reports)
AT&T Begins Testing High-Speed Internet over Power Lines
(Reuters)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Brace Yourselves: The Tweetstorms Are Coming (AdWeek – Ed.
Note: This looks like a good way to keep outage updates in the same string.)
Teens Don’t Realize How Much Their Parents Track Them Online
(USA Today)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate
Race (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Price Tag for Washington State’s Community Colleges IT System
Goes Up $45 Million (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Mason County Hires New Public Works Deputy Director, County
Engineer (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Chances for Snow in Seattle on Christmas Are … (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Winlock Time Capsule Prompts Bomb Scare (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Christmas Tree Eyebrows Are the Festive Beauty Trend No One
Asked For
Rock Hall 2018 class: Nina Simone, Bon Jovi, the Moody Blues
Shelter Dogs Could Go Vegan in Los Angeles
SONG OF THE DAY
Ian Matthews – Shake It
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