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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Trump Administration Official Says It’s a ‘Top Priority’ to Improve
US Weather Forecasting Model (Washington Post)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington Regulators Hear from Skeptical Crowd at Hearing
on Avista’s Sale to Canadian Utility (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Sets Opt Out Fee for Smart (sic) Meters (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Columbia River Treaty: The Whole Dam Thing – Is Montana
Getting Short-Changed to the Tune of $60 Million Per Year? (The Daily
Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
Pacific Power Analysis Shows Storage Pilot Projects
Currently Uneconomical (Utility Dive)
Association of Washington Business: MC McAleer Discusses the
Complexity of Washington State’s Carbon Pricing Initiative (Washington State
Wire)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington Regulators Hear from Skeptical Crowd at Hearing on Avista’s Sale to Canadian Utility
- Mason PUD 3 Sets Opt Out Fee for Smart (sic) Meters
- Columbia River Treaty: The Whole Dam Thing – Is Montana Getting Short-Changed to the Tune of $60 Million Per Year?
- Op/Ed: A Modern Columbia River Treaty Needs to Treat the Columbia as One River
- Chelan PUD Still Shutting Down Cryptocurrency Operations
- Locals Pursue Public Utility District Option for Klamath Dams
- Longview Coal Project Says It Will Appeal Latest Permit Defeat
- California Customer Choice Advocates, IOUs Face Off on Departing Load Charge
- FERC Affirms Jurisdiction over Energy Efficiency Resources
- The Bipartisanship at the Core of the Trump Infrastructure Plan – Including BPA, TVA!
- Close Call: Washington-Bound Boat Carrying Invasive Mussels Stopped in Montana
- Study Traces IHNV Virus in Salmon – Scientists Discover How Deadly Disease Infects Hatchery Fish
- Pacific Power Analysis Shows Storage Pilot Projects Currently Uneconomical
- If Solar & Wind Are So Cheap, Why Are They Making Electricity So Expensive?
- Op/Ed: Are Eco-Friendly Renewables Key to a Non-Carbon Energy Future?
- Snohomish PUD Offering Carbon Solutions Program
- EPA Director Pruitt Declares That Burning Wood Is Carbon Neutral
- Maine: Fed Up with '1950s' Technology, Maine Town Sets Out for Broadband
- Mason County Commissioner Kevin Shutty Talks about Webb Hill Septic Lagoon
- At Intel, It's Water, Water Everywhere as Major Reuse Project Takes Shape
- Association of Washington Business: MC McAleer Discusses the Complexity of Washington State’s Carbon Pricing Initiative
- Researchers Predict ‘Climate Whiplash’ in California
- How Southwest Communicated News and Empathy in the Aftermath of Flight 1380
- 10 Grammatical Errors That Damage Credibility and How to Fix Them
- Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee To Bill Maher: ‘We’ve Got the Best Weed’
- Pierce County Prosecutor’s Spokesman Banned, Then Outed for Scrubbing Lindquist’s Wikipedia Page
- Dan Newhouse Announces Bid for Reelection
- President Trump Tries to 'Get Ahead of the Blame Game' on Rising Pump Prices
- The Upcoming Heat Wave in the Pacific Northwest
- Ballots for Shelton City Council Election Due Today
- Footage Shows Men Swimming at Palouse Falls before 1 Disappears
- Police Arrest Suspect in Death of South Kitsap Man
- City of Shelton Holding Community Workshops
- Puget Sound Recreational Shrimp Fishery Opens May 5
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The “Lord of the Rings” fanboys were aghast. It wasn’t until
it was too late that they discovered an anti-Gandalf cabal of Saruman clones in
center of their role playing community. “The White Wizard takes your game
piece,” crowed the leader of the renegade group, as he reached forth his
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the Gray Wizard from the game board.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington Regulators Hear from Skeptical Crowd at Hearing
on Avista’s Sale to Canadian Utility (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Sets Opt Out Fee for Smart (sic) Meters (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Columbia River Treaty: The Whole Dam Thing – Is Montana
Getting Short-Changed to the Tune of $60 Million Per Year? (The Daily
Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
Op/Ed: A Modern Columbia River Treaty Needs to Treat the Columbia
as One River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Chelan PUD Still Shutting Down Cryptocurrency Operations (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Locals Pursue Public Utility District Option for Klamath Dams
(Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka, CA)
Longview Coal Project Says It Will Appeal Latest Permit
Defeat (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
California Customer Choice Advocates, IOUs Face Off on Departing
Load Charge (Utility Dive)
FERC Affirms Jurisdiction over Energy Efficiency Resources (American
Public Power Association)
The Bipartisanship at the Core of the Trump Infrastructure
Plan – Including BPA, TVA! (Governing)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Close Call: Washington-Bound Boat Carrying Invasive Mussels
Stopped In Montana (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Study Traces IHNV Virus in Salmon – Scientists Discover How
Deadly Disease Infects Hatchery Fish (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Pacific Power Analysis Shows Storage Pilot Projects
Currently Uneconomical (Utility Dive)
If Solar & Wind Are So Cheap, Why Are They Making
Electricity So Expensive? (Forbes Magazine)
Op/Ed: Are Eco-Friendly Renewables Key to a Non-Carbon
Energy Future? (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Snohomish PUD Offering Carbon Solutions Program (My Everett
News, WA
EPA Director Pruitt Declares That Burning Wood Is Carbon
Neutral (The Hill, Washington, DC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Maine: Fed Up with '1950s' Technology, Maine Town Sets Out
for Broadband (Government Technology)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Mason County Commissioner Kevin Shutty Talks about Webb Hill
Septic Lagoon (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
At Intel, It's Water, Water Everywhere as Major Reuse
Project Takes Shape (Portland Business Journal, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Association of Washington Business: MC McAleer Discusses the
Complexity of Washington State’s Carbon Pricing Initiative (Washington State
Wire)
Researchers Predict ‘Climate Whiplash’ in California (Courthouse
News Service)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
How Southwest Communicated News and Empathy in the Aftermath
of Flight 1380 (PR News)
10 Grammatical Errors That Damage Credibility and How to Fix
Them (Grammarly Blog)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee To Bill Maher: ‘We’ve Got the
Best Weed’ (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Pierce County Prosecutor’s Spokesman Banned, Then Outed for
Scrubbing Lindquist’s Wikipedia Page (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Dan Newhouse Announces Bid for Reelection (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, Wa)
President Trump Tries to 'Get Ahead of the Blame Game' on Rising
Pump Prices (Washington Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
The Upcoming Heat Wave in the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
Ballots for Shelton City Council Election Due Today (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Footage Shows Men Swimming at Palouse Falls before 1
Disappears (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Police Arrest Suspect in Death of South Kitsap Man (Associated
Press)
City of Shelton Holding Community Workshops (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Puget Sound Recreational Shrimp Fishery Opens May 5 (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
GEESE ON THE GOLF COURSE – DIVERSIONS
Michigan High School Golfer Attacked by Goose, Photos Go
Viral
Texas Man Sentenced to 50 Years for $1.2M Theft of Fajitas
Ninth Circuit Rejects ‘Monkey Selfie’ Copyright Claim
California, Coffee and Cancer: One of These Doesn’t Belong
SONG OF THE DAY
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – April in Paris
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