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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
McMorris Rodgers Bill to Protect Columbia & Snake River
Dams Passes House (Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers)
Treaty Talk: Americans & Canadians Discuss Hopes for New
Columbia River Treaty (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Grant PUD Fiber Will Expand North of Moses Lake (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Initial Shelton City Council, Southside Levy Election
Results (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Journalists, I Implore You to Stop the "Big Story
Coming" Tweet (Mashable)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Treaty Talk: Americans & Canadians Discuss Hopes for New Columbia River Treaty
- As Talks Begin on New U.S.-Canada River Treaty, Salmon & Native Issues Loom
- International River Debate Has Montanans Focusing North, East & West
- Washington State Utilities Commission Hosts Hearing on Avista Sale
- Copper Wire Thieves Hitting Area Substations
- Shan Rowbotham Will Run for Re-Election for Kittitas PUD Commissioner
- Columbia River PUD to Offer New Grant Program for Nonprofits
- Robber Steals Chelan PUD Lineman’s Hard Hat
- Nebraska Groups Try to Protect Oregon Trail from Power Line
- McMorris Rodgers Bill to Protect Columbia & Snake River Dams Passes House
- Federal Bill Would Void Spill Order at Columbia & Snake Dams
- Dye: Science Not Emotion to Lead Dams Decisions
- Cycle of Life Begins on the Columbia River
- Oregon's Transformative Wave Test Center Pushes State toward Energy Conquest
- New York Utilities Plan Aggregated & Electric Vehicle Storage Projects
- Grant PUD Fiber Will Expand North of Moses Lake
- Comcast Boosts Internet Speeds for About Half Its Oregon Subscribers
- Grant PUD Ponders New Rate Class
- Power-Sucking Bitcoin 'Mines' Spark Backlash
- Chinese Police Confiscate 600 Bitcoin Mining Rigs in 'Largest Power Theft Case' in Years
- Journalists, I Implore You to Stop the "Big Story Coming" Tweet
- Twitter Tops Earnings Projections as Turnaround Gains Steam
- In New Move, Facebook Publishes Guidelines on Inappropriate Content
- Brands Unwilling to Commit to a Set of Values Risk Losing Consumers
- Connelly: Rep. Al Swift Was a Man of Martinis, Cigars -- And Class
- Initial Shelton City Council, Southside Levy Election Results
- Police: Shelton Mobile Home Fire Was Intentionally Set
- Federal Report Says Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant Construction Still In Question
- Get Outside. Olympia Broke a Temperature Record Yesterday, & More Sun Is on the Way
- Amazon's Got a New Way to Beat 'Porch Pirates' – Delivery to Your Car’s Trunk
Indefeasible • \in-dih-FEE-zuh-bul\ • adjective - Not
capable of being annulled or voided or undone
“Sorry sonny,” growled the wizened, small town attorney.
“Yer contract is so indefeasible that even a gnat couldn’t squeeze through a
loophole in it.” “Great,” thought the local entrepreneur as he recounted his
furtive encounter with a ‘major video game dealer’. “And what am I gonna do
with 10,000 Atari video games in 2018?”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Treaty Talk: Americans & Canadians Discuss Hopes for New
Columbia River Treaty (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
As Talks Begin on New U.S.-Canada River Treaty, Salmon &
Native Issues Loom (The Missoulian, MT)
International River Debate Has Montanans Focusing North,
East & West (The Missoulian, MT)
Washington State Utilities Commission Hosts Hearing on Avista
Sale (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Copper Wire Thieves Hitting Area Substations (Hermiston
Herald, OR)
Shan Rowbotham Will Run for Re-Election for Kittitas PUD Commissioner
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Columbia River PUD to Offer New Grant Program for Nonprofits
(St. Helens Chronicle, OR)
Robber Steals Chelan PUD Lineman’s Hard Hat (NCW Life
Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)
Nebraska Groups Try to Protect Oregon Trail from Power Line (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
McMorris Rodgers Bill to Protect Columbia & Snake River
Dams Passes House (Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers)
Federal Bill Would Void Spill Order at Columbia & Snake Dams
(Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)
Dye: Science Not Emotion to Lead Dams Decisions (Washington
Ag Network)
Cycle of Life Begins on the Columbia River (Tri-City Herald,
Kennewick, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Oregon's Transformative Wave Test Center Pushes State toward
Energy Conquest (Portland Business Journal, OR)
New York Utilities Plan Aggregated & Electric Vehicle Storage
Projects (American Public Power Association)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grant PUD Fiber Will Expand North of Moses Lake (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Comcast Boosts Internet Speeds for About Half Its Oregon Subscribers
(Oregonian, Portland)
CORNUCOPIA OF CRYPTOCURRENCY
Grant PUD Ponders New Rate Class (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
Power-Sucking Bitcoin 'Mines' Spark Backlash (Associated
Press)
Chinese Police Confiscate 600 Bitcoin Mining Rigs in
'Largest Power Theft Case' in Years (Gizmodo)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Journalists, I Implore You to Stop the "Big Story
Coming" Tweet (Mashable)
Twitter Tops Earnings Projections as Turnaround Gains Steam (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
In New Move, Facebook Publishes Guidelines on Inappropriate
Content (Christian Science Monitor)
Brands Unwilling to Commit to a Set of Values Risk Losing
Consumers (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Connelly: Rep. Al Swift Was a Man of Martinis, Cigars -- And
Class (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Initial Shelton City Council, Southside Levy Election
Results (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Police: Shelton Mobile Home Fire Was Intentionally Set (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Federal Report Says Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant
Construction Still In Question (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Get Outside. Olympia Broke a Temperature Record Yesterday,
& More Sun Is on the Way (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Amazon's Got a New Way to Beat 'Porch Pirates' – Delivery to
Your Car’s Trunk (Business Journals)
FOODCHAIN IN ACTION – DIVERSIONS
Photo of Osprey Carrying Shark, Carrying Fish Displays Food
Chain in Action
Museum Realizes Collection's Rare Elephant Bird Egg Is Real
Airline Passenger Fined After Keeping Free Airline Apple
from International Flight
Uranus Smells Like Farts, Science Proves (this is even
funnier if you read it out loud)
SONG OF THE DAY
Thunderclap Newman – Something in the Air
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