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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington Lawmakers Reach Deal on $4.5 Billion Construction
Budget (At Long Last) (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Investor-Owned Utility Customers Could Get Breaks on
Electric, Gas Bills from Federal Tax Reform (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Lawmakers Must Release Public Records When
the Public Requests Them, Judge Says (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Is Cap & Trade the Climate Solution? The Jury’s Still
Out (Utility Dive)
Massive Waves Pummel Oregon Coast; Man Swept to Sea at Depoe
Bay Presumed Dead (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Investor-Owned Utility Customers Could Get Breaks on Electric, Gas Bills from Federal Tax Reform
- Georgia Power Ordered to Refund Customers More than $43 Million
- Two Utilities Sued Over Deadly California Mudslides
- Hydroelectric Generation in Montana Recovers from Last Summer’s Flash Drought
- Coast Guard on the Hook in Killer Whale Lawsuit
- Study: Fraser River Juvenile Sockeye Infected With Sea Lice from Fish Farms Eat Less
- West Coast California Sea Lion Population Has Rebounded; Meets Marine Mammal Protection Act Goal
- Bald Eagles Gather at the Dalles Dam
- Shelton Resident Donates to Find Snohomish Eagle’s Shooter
- California Today: 100 Million Dead Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires
- California ‘Raw’ Water Fans Pay $9 a Gallon for Oregon Tap Water
- Harshed Mellow, Dude – Midwest Surfers Sue U-S Steel over Toxic Lake Michigan Spills
- We’re Doing a Great Job of Creating Renewable Energy – We Don’t Have the Infrastructure to Actually Use It
- Federal Judge Hints at Unfreezing Energy Efficiency Standards
- 13% of Broadband Households Adopt Smart Thermostats
- Four Smart Home Trends to Watch in 2018
- Still Mellow But Ready to Fight. That’s The State of Washington’s Pot Industry
- Op/Ed: Re-Criminalizing Cannabis Worse Than 1930s ‘Reefer Madness’
- Is Cap & Trade the Climate Solution? The Jury’s Still Out
- How Would Oregon’s Cap & Trade System Work?
- Even Without El Nino, Earth Keeps Warming
- FCC Report Keeps Faster Definition of Broadband – Separates Mobile from Fixed Connections
- A Secret Hacking Group Is Using Android Malware to Spy on Thousands of People in 21 Countries, Research Finds
- Over 2 Billion People Use at Least One of the Top 5 Social Apps Each Month
- Why Posting on Social Media at the Best Times Will Help Your Engagement
- YouTube Ranking: How to Get More Views on YouTube
- Washington Lawmakers Reach Deal on $4.5 Billion Construction Budget (At Long Last)
- Washington State Lawmakers Must Release Public Records When the Public Requests Them, Judge Says
- Clock Running Out as U-S Senate Tries to Avert Federal Government Shutdown
- Moving Closer & Closer to a Shutdown
- What a Federal Government Shutdown Would Mean for Washington State
- Massive Waves Pummel Oregon Coast; Man Swept to Sea at Depoe Bay Presumed Dead
- High Seas Thursday Cause Flooding In Westport
- Up to 10,000 Expected at Women’s Rally in Olympia Saturday
- Wells Fargo Glitch Leaves Some Customers with Empty Bank Accounts
- Murder Mystery: Detectives Hope You Can Help Solve Teen’s Murder That Shook Small Town Shelton Almost 30 Years Ago
- Draft Plan Reviewed for Proposed Brinnon Resort
- Mason County Christian School Has Room to Grow
- Shelton Bowling Earns District Berth
From Merriam Webster’s Ten Most Confused Words: Flak/Flack
If you’re getting shot at by antiaircraft guns, or receiving
unfriendly criticism, are you taking flak or flack?
Answer: Flak
How to Remember It: Although flack is an established
variant, the more foreign-looking flak is the original spelling and the better
choice. Flak was originally a German acronym for Fliegerabwehrkanonen – from Flieger
(“flyer”) + Abwehr (“defense”) + Kanonen (“cannons”) – which basically means “antiaircraft
gun.” That use of flak in English dates back to 1938. In the decades after the
war it took on its civilian meaning of “criticism.”
(A flack, meanwhile, is a PR agent or someone who provides
publicity.)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Investor-Owned Utility Customers Could Get Breaks on
Electric, Gas Bills from Federal Tax Reform (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Georgia Power Ordered to Refund Customers More than $43 Million
(Associated Press)
Two Utilities Sued Over Deadly California Mudslides (Utility
Dive)
Hydroelectric Generation in Montana Recovers from Last
Summer’s Flash Drought (U-S Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Coast Guard on the Hook in Killer Whale Lawsuit (Courthouse
News Service)
Study: Fraser River Juvenile Sockeye Infected With Sea Lice from
Fish Farms Eat Less (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
West Coast California Sea Lion Population Has Rebounded;
Meets Marine Mammal Protection Act Goal (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Bald Eagles Gather at the Dalles Dam (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Shelton Resident Donates to Find Snohomish Eagle’s Shooter (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
California Today: 100 Million Dead Trees Prompt Fears of
Giant Wildfires (NY Times)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
California ‘Raw’ Water Fans Pay $9 a Gallon for Oregon Tap
Water (Oregonian, Portland)
Harshed Mellow, Dude – Midwest Surfers Sue U-S Steel over Toxic
Lake Michigan Spills (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
We’re Doing a Great Job of Creating Renewable Energy – We
Don’t Have the Infrastructure to Actually Use It (Popular Science)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Federal Judge Hints at Unfreezing Energy Efficiency
Standards (Courthouse News Service)
13% of Broadband Households Adopt Smart Thermostats (MediaPost)
Four Smart Home Trends to Watch in 2018 (USA Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Still Mellow But Ready to Fight. That’s The State of Washington’s
Pot Industry (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed: Re-Criminalizing Cannabis Worse Than 1930s ‘Reefer
Madness’ (Oregonian, Portland)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Is Cap & Trade the Climate Solution? The Jury’s Still
Out (Utility Dive)
How Would Oregon’s Cap & Trade System Work? (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Even Without El Nino, Earth Keeps Warming (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Report Keeps Faster Definition of Broadband – Separates
Mobile from Fixed Connections (TechCrunch)
A Secret Hacking Group Is Using Android Malware to Spy on
Thousands of People in 21 Countries, Research Finds (Gizmodo)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Over 2 Billion People Use at Least One of the Top 5 Social
Apps Each Month (AdWeek)
Why Posting on Social Media at the Best Times Will Help Your
Engagement (Grammarly)
YouTube Ranking: How to Get More Views on YouTube (Social
Media Examiner)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington Lawmakers Reach Deal on $4.5 Billion Construction
Budget (At Long Last) (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Washington State Lawmakers Must Release Public Records When the
Public Requests Them, Judge Says (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Clock Running Out as U-S Senate Tries to Avert Federal Government
Shutdown (Reuters)
Moving Closer & Closer to a Shutdown (Politico Morning
Energy)
What a Federal Government Shutdown Would Mean for Washington
State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Massive Waves Pummel Oregon Coast; Man Swept to Sea at Depoe
Bay Presumed Dead (Oregonian, Portland)
High Seas Thursday Cause Flooding In Westport (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
Up to 10,000 Expected at Women’s Rally in Olympia Saturday (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Wells Fargo Glitch Leaves Some Customers with Empty Bank
Accounts (KCBS TV, San Francisco, CA)
Murder Mystery: Detectives Hope You Can Help Solve Teen’s
Murder That Shook Small Town Shelton Almost 30 Years Ago (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Draft Plan Reviewed for Proposed Brinnon Resort (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Mason County Christian School Has Room to Grow (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Shelton Bowling Earns District Berth (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
ROADKILL ON THE MENU – DIVERSIONS
Washington State, Idaho Officials Say Saving Roadkill Makes
Sense
Paper Cup Allegedly Used By Elvis Presley Up for Auction
After 950 Years, the Bayeux Tapestry Is Set to Be Displayed
in Britain
One of the World’s Oldest Clocks Stops Ticking, Briefly
SONG OF THE DAY
Cliff Edwards (Jiminy Cricket) – When You Wish Upon A Star
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