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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
To Slow Growth, Some Washington Cities Halt Development
(Crosscut Seattle)
Editorial: Updating Treaty Wise – Columbia River Treaty
Vital To Region, Should Reflect 21st-Century Realities (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
U-S Representative Herrera Beutler Discusses Her Sea Lion
Bill with Local Fishing Guides, Anglers (Longview Daily News, WA)
Could Electric Vehicles Become a New Source of Demand?
(Power & Conservation Council)
California Senate Passes Net Neutrality Bill (Courthouse
News Service)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Editorial: Updating Treaty Wise – Columbia River
Treaty Vital To Region, Should Reflect 21st-Century Realities
2.
Op/Ed: Vanport Flood’s Legacy in Columbia River
Dams
3.
Oregon: Columbia River PUD Board Absorbs Spill
Surcharge
4.
After Nationwide Search, Columbia REA Board
Announces Scott Peters as New CEO
5.
Three U-S Nuclear Plants Get Poor Marks from
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
6.
Why the Reign of Natural Gas May Come to a Quick
End
7.
U-S Representative Herrera Beutler Discusses Her
Sea Lion Bill with Local Fishing Guides, Anglers
8.
Salt River Project Launches First Standalone
Storage Project
9.
Clean Energy Campaign Files Complaint against
Two Arizona Lawmakers
10.
Rhode Island: New Offshore Wind Farm Project
Will Dwarf Nation’s 1st One
11.
California Senate Passes Net Neutrality Bill
12.
Prices for Wireless Pole Attachments
13.
Facebook to Build Data Center South of Salt Lake
City
14.
U-S Senators Challenge FCC Rural Broadband Map
15.
The FCC’s Broadband Availability Maps Are a Joke
16.
Could Electric Vehicles Become a New Source of
Demand?
17.
Blink Charging Unveils New Electric Vehicle
Fast-Charging Station
18.
Teens Are Breaking Up With Facebook Faster Than
We Thought
19.
The Future of Web Design Doesn’t Involve
Computers at All
20.
Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore
21.
Canon Kills Film Because Apparently Digital Is
In
22.
Oregon Cannabis Regulators Will Hit Pause on New
Licenses after June 15
23.
Montana Hemp Farmer Gets Permit to Use Federally
Controlled Water
24.
Neighboring States’ Legal Pot Means Bigger Busts
in Utah
25.
Electric Scooters Are the Cargo Shorts of Transportation
26.
To Slow Growth, Some Washington Cities Halt
Development
27.
Volunteers Collecting Signatures to Repeal Head
Tax Say They’re Getting Harassed
28.
Most Federal Agencies Are ‘At Risk’ or Worse,
According to Damning Cybersecurity Report
29.
Where Are the Workers? A Farm Crisis in
Washington
30.
Washington State Updating Rules on Salaries for
Exempt Employees
31.
Shelton Police Officer on Medical Leave after
Being Was Found Unconscious Tuesday
32.
Mason County Forest Festival This Weekend
33.
Flood of ‘48 Wiped Out Vanport 70 Years Ago,
Giving Rise to Modern Portland
WORD OF THE DAY
Dogsbody • \DOGS-body\ • Noun - Drudge, gopher
“Poker playing dogs notwithstanding, get me a beer…fast,”
barked the bulldog to his greyhound dogsbody.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Editorial: Updating Treaty Wise – Columbia River
Treaty Vital To Region, Should Reflect 21st-Century Realities (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
2.
Op/Ed: Vanport Flood’s Legacy in Columbia River
Dams (Oregonian, Portland)
3.
Oregon: Columbia River PUD Board Absorbs Spill
Surcharge (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
4.
After Nationwide Search, Columbia REA Board
Announces Scott Peters as New CEO (Columbia REA, Walla Walla, WA)
5.
Three U-S Nuclear Plants Get Poor Marks from Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (Power Magazine)
6.
Why the Reign of Natural Gas May Come to a Quick
End (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
U-S Representative Herrera Beutler Discusses Her
Sea Lion Bill with Local Fishing Guides, Anglers (Longview Daily News, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
8.
Salt River Project Launches First Standalone
Storage Project (Utility Dive)
9.
Clean Energy Campaign Files Complaint against
Two Arizona Lawmakers (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
10. Rhode
Island: New Offshore Wind Farm Project Will Dwarf Nation’s 1st One (Associated
Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11. California
Senate Passes Net Neutrality Bill (Courthouse News Service)
12. Prices
for Wireless Pole Attachments (Pots & Pans)
13. Facebook
to Build Data Center South of Salt Lake City (Associated Press)
14. U-S
Senators Challenge FCC Rural Broadband Map (Multichannel News)
15. The
FCC’s Broadband Availability Maps Are a Joke (Broadband Reports)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
16. Could
Electric Vehicles Become a New Source of Demand? (Power & Conservation
Council)
17. Blink
Charging Unveils New Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Station (Utility Dive)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
18. Teens
Are Breaking Up With Facebook Faster Than We Thought (Mashable)
19. The
Future of Web Design Doesn’t Involve Computers at All (Fast Company)
20. Why
No One Answers Their Phone Anymore (Atlantic Magazine)
21. Canon
Kills Film Because Apparently Digital Is In (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
22. Oregon
Cannabis Regulators Will Hit Pause on New Licenses after June 15 (Portland
Business Journal, OR – That Is One Seriously Root-Bound Plant)
23. Montana
Hemp Farmer Gets Permit to Use Federally Controlled Water (Associated Press)
24. Neighboring
States’ Legal Pot Means Bigger Busts in Utah (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
25. Electric
Scooters Are the Cargo Shorts of Transportation (Atlantic Magazine)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
26. To
Slow Growth, Some Washington Cities Halt Development (Crosscut Seattle)
27. Volunteers
Collecting Signatures to Repeal Head Tax Say They’re Getting Harassed (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
28. Most
Federal Agencies Are ‘At Risk’ or Worse, According to Damning Cybersecurity
Report (Gizmodo)
GENERAL NEWS
29. Where
Are the Workers? A Farm Crisis in Washington (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
30. Washington
State Updating Rules on Salaries for Exempt Employees (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
31. Shelton
Police Officer on Medical Leave after Being Was Found Unconscious Tuesday (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
32. Mason
County Forest Festival This Weekend (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
33. Flood
of ‘48 Wiped Out Vanport 70 Years Ago, Giving Rise to Modern Portland (Oregonian,
Portland)
PANIC OVER TOROIDAL PASTRY – DIVERSIONS
Donut Madness! Get Freebies No Matter How You Spell It for National
Doughnut Day Friday
The Five Shots You Must Master to Destroy Your Opponent in
Horse
This Eight-Year Old’s Act of Kindness Earned Him
Gratitude—and a Big Tip
Loose Goose Delays MLB Game, Smashes into Rail
SONG OF THE DAY
Leo Sayer – Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)
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