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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Copper Wire Theft Estimated at $10,000 at Bonneville Power
Administration’s McNary Substation (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Think Tank Slams Dam-Breaching Study (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Xcel Energy Not So Into Markets after All (Politico Morning
Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tropical Dolphins Are Appearing In Pacific Northwest Waters
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy
Mainstream (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Touts $1.8 Billion Investment in Oregon Data Center (Associated
Press)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Four Aberdeen Schools Shut Off Water Due to Elevated Lead
Levels (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
California Water Commission Looks to Funding of Dam Projects
(Courthouse News Service)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Michael Bloomberg to Write $4.5 Million Check for U-S Share of
Paris Climate Pact (Reuters)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Schumer Backs Decriminalizing Marijuana at the Federal Level
(SF Chronicle)
Everything You Need To Know About the Weed Grown by the Feds
(Mashable)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Al Swift, Former Washington State Congressman, Dies at 82 (Associated
Press)
On Tuesday, Tumwater Voters Will Decide on the City’s
Fireworks Ban. Again. (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Lottery Official Fired after Ethics
Investigation (Associated Press)
Shelton voters to choose 4 new city council members on
Tuesday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason Transit Seeks Additional Input on Intersection Options
at Log Yard Road & SR-3 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
City Launches Economic Development Strategic Planning Survey
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
USA Today Nominates Sequim, Port Townsend in “Best Of” Contests
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Waffle House Suspect Still at Large a Day after Nashville Shooting
(Reuters)
MAIL IN THE SECOND BEDROOM – DIVERSIONS
Officials Say Postal Worker Hoarded Over 17K Pieces of Mail
Mom: Preschool's Ban of the Term 'Best Friend' Is Silly
This Is William Shakespeare Day: 10 of His Best Quotes about
Love
A Squirrel Named Furry Boi Wins UC Berkeley Student
Government Election
SONG OF THE DAY
Carole King - It's Too Late
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