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Best Wishes on a Wonderful 2018:
Time circles the drain
Pleasant memories remain
Flush bad ones away
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
There’s a Special
Weather Statement for windy conditions. Mason County may generally see
gusty winds up to 30 MPH, with stronger gusts to 45 MPH this afternoon.
A Gale
Watch will be in place tonight through tomorrow for the inland waters of
Puget Sound and Hood Canal. Wind gusts between 29 and 40 MPH are forecast.
Because of heavy rain through tonight, a Flood
Watch is in effect for the Skokomish River.
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Editorial: Columbia River Treaty a Rising Test – Modernizing
Deal with Canada Can Reshape Lifestyles in the Pacific Northwest (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
California: Portland Firm Wants to Build 100-Turbine Wind
Project near Burney (Redding Record-Searchlight, CA)
Alaska: Chugach Electric Association to Halt Kenai Peninsula
Dam Study after Public Outcry (Luxora Leader)
New Wireless Broadband Network Coming to Washington State
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
How Climate Change Deniers Rise to the Top in Google
Searches (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Editorial: Columbia River Treaty a Rising Test – Modernizing Deal with Canada Can Reshape Lifestyles in the Pacific Northwest
- Alaska: Chugach Electric Association to Halt Kenai Peninsula Dam Study after Public Outcry
- Western Area Power Administration Celebrates 40 years Of Service to the U-S
- Lewis County PUD Gets Clean Audit on Financial Statements
- Bonneville Power Administration Video Captures 2017 Challenges & Achievements
- The Long Wait for Fusion Power May Be Coming to an End
- What Can We Do about Bitcoin’s Enormous Energy Consumption?
- Opinion: Fate of the Pacific Northwest’s Largest Energy Provider May Decide Future of Salmon
- California: Portland Firm Wants to Build 100-Turbine Wind Project near Burney
- Why Coal-Rich Wyoming Is Investing Big in Wind Power
- Florida: Tallahassee Solar Farm Set to Go Live, Light Up Thousands of Homes
- Smart Homes Not Just for Tech Geeks Anymore
- How to Keep Your Smartened-Up Home Safe from Hackers
- Try These Simple Home Energy-Saving Tips to Save Money
- ‘Cannabis Will Be Everywhere’: California Towns Scramble to Prepare for Legal Marijuana Jan. 1
- How Climate Change Deniers Rise to the Top in Google Searches
- Number of Electric Vehicle Charging Points to Rise Significantly in 2018
- What Is the Point of a Solar Road?
- New Wireless Broadband Network Coming to Washington State
- Apple Apologizes for ‘Misunderstanding’ over Batterygate
- Cord Cutters Likely to Have Even More Streaming Choices in 2018
- Popular Chrome Extension Is Secretly Mining Cryptocurrency
- That Game on Your Phone May Be Tracking What You’re Watching on TV
- Washington State Voters Will Likely Get to Weigh in on Police Deadly Force
- Last-Minute Rush to Prepay Taxes Gives Way to Confusion & Anger
- President Trump Targets Amazon in Call for Postal Service to Hike Prices
- Seasonal Influenza: One Mason County Death
- For Seattle Area: Rain, Wind and Then a Dry New Year’s Eve
- It's So Cold in the U-S & Canada That Windows Are Breaking. There's No End in Sight
- Shelton Home Burglary Suspect Taken into Custody
- Scammers Using Court Info to Trick Callers
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seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around 2: gifted with mental grasp
or moral or aesthetic perception
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one hand, he was repulsed by her chewing tobacco habit> He found her ability
to toss back a mug of beer by using her prehensile toes was wildly attractive.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Editorial: Columbia River Treaty a Rising Test – Modernizing
Deal with Canada Can Reshape Lifestyles in the Pacific Northwest (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Alaska: Chugach Electric Association to Halt Kenai Peninsula
Dam Study after Public Outcry (Luxora Leader)
Western Area Power Administration Celebrates 40 years Of
Service to the U-S (Breaking Energy)
Lewis County PUD Gets Clean Audit on Financial Statements
(The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Video Captures 2017
Challenges & Achievements (Bonneville Power Administration)
The Long Wait for Fusion Power May Be Coming to an End (NBC
News)
What Can We Do about Bitcoin’s Enormous Energy Consumption? (Fast
Company)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Opinion: Fate of the Pacific Northwest’s Largest Energy
Provider May Decide Future of Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
California: Portland Firm Wants to Build 100-Turbine Wind
Project near Burney (Redding Record-Searchlight, CA)
Why Coal-Rich Wyoming Is Investing Big in Wind Power (Christian
Science Monitor)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/1229/Why-coal-rich-Wyoming-is-investing-big-in-wind-power
Florida: Tallahassee Solar Farm Set to Go Live, Light Up
Thousands of Homes (Tallahassee Democrat, FL)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart Homes Not Just for Tech Geeks Anymore (Associated
Press)
How to Keep Your Smartened-Up Home Safe from Hackers (Associated
Press)
Try These Simple Home Energy-Saving Tips to Save Money (CheatSheet)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
‘Cannabis Will Be Everywhere’: California Towns Scramble to Prepare
for Legal Marijuana Jan. 1 (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How Climate Change Deniers Rise to the Top in Google
Searches (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Number of Electric Vehicle Charging Points to Rise
Significantly in 2018 (USA Today)
What Is the Point of a Solar Road? (Slate Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New Wireless Broadband Network Coming to Washington State (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Apple Apologizes for ‘Misunderstanding’ over Batterygate (Triad
Business Journal)
Cord Cutters Likely to Have Even More Streaming Choices in
2018 (USA Today)
Popular Chrome Extension Is Secretly Mining Cryptocurrency
(Mashable)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
That Game on Your Phone May Be Tracking What You’re Watching
on TV (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Voters Will Likely Get to Weigh in on Police
Deadly Force (Northwest Public Radio)
Last-Minute Rush to Prepay Taxes Gives Way to Confusion &
Anger (NY Times)
President Trump Targets Amazon in Call for Postal Service to
Hike Prices (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
Seasonal Influenza: One Mason County Death (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
For Seattle Area: Rain, Wind and Then a Dry New Year’s Eve (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
It's So Cold in the U-S & Canada That Windows Are
Breaking. There's No End in Sight (Mashable)
Shelton Home Burglary Suspect Taken into Custody (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Scammers Using Court Info to Trick Callers (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Need A Reminder You're Going to Die? The WeCroak App Can
Help.
Will We Get a Sad Poo Emoji? Well, There's a Process
People in These Cities, Countries Took the Most Steps in
2017, Fitbit Says
Should Be Easy to Spot: Cops Nab Escaped Inmate with Skull Face
Tattoo after Weeks on Run
SONG OF THE DAY
A Mighty Wind is Blowin' – A Mighty Wind (Soundtrack)
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