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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
A Dry, Warming Period Ahead for the Pacific Northwest (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Critical Flaws in Industrial Software Left US Infrastructure
Wide Open to Hackers (Gizmodo)
Hood Canal: New Baby Orca Seen in Washington State with
Whale Family (Associated Press)
Getting Salmon above Grand Coulee Dam Could Lead to Fishable
Population in the Spokane River, Tribes Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Benton County Says ‘No’ to the Grow. That’s Not the End of
It (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Snapchat Is Still Hurting From Its Really Unpopular Redesign
(Slate Magazine)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Critical Flaws in Industrial Software Left US
Infrastructure Wide Open to Hackers
2.
NASA’s Mini Fission Reactor Could Help Humans
Survive on Mars – It Just Cleared Early Tests
3.
Rhode Island: Man Dies after Coming into Contact
with Power Line
4.
Hood Canal: New Baby Orca Seen in Washington
State with Whale Family
5.
Getting Salmon above Grand Coulee Dam Could Lead
to Fishable Population in the Spokane River, Tribes Say
6.
Chehalis River Basin Work Includes Fish Passage
Projects
7.
Judge Refuses to Halt Klamath River Salmon
Protections
8.
Trials, Tribulations, & a Tribute to the
Pacific Salmon Treaty
9.
Students Learning to Protect Natural Habitats
along Columbia River
10.
Oregon: Wheatridge Wind Farm Seeks Bigger
Turbine Blades
11.
Hawaii Regulators Approve On-Bill Financing
Program to Boost Clean Energy Adoption
12.
Big Drama in Little Idaho: Former Harrison
Mayor, City Councilman Feud over Wi-Fi Title
13.
Oregon: State Agency Says Odorous Air in The
Dalles Is Safe, Despite Resident Complaints
14.
Nestlé Water Bottling Facility in Sacramento to
Use 100% Renewable Electricity
15.
Snapchat Is Still Hurting From Its Really
Unpopular Redesign
16.
For More than Just Friends? Facebook Will Soon
Offer a Dating Service
17.
How Facebook Became the Tech Company People Love
to Hate
18.
New Zealand Is Officially Done with Being
Omitted from Maps
19.
Benton County Says ‘No’ to the Grow. That’s Not
the End of It
20.
NASA Sending Robotic Geologist Lander to Mars to
Dig Super Deep; Launch Set for Saturday
21.
Painful Clichés: How Often Do You Use the 10
Most ‘Cringe-Worthy’ Workplace Phrases?
22.
First Women Elected to Seattle City Council on
May 2, 1922.
23.
Tick & Mosquito Infections Spreading
Rapidly, C.D.C. Finds
24.
State Readies Air Attack for Wildfire Season
25.
The Arc Expands Special Needs Services to Mason
County
WORD OF THE DAY
Frenetic • \frih-NET-tick\ • Adjective - Frenzied, frantic
“IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!” shouted the wild-eyed pundit
after his candidate for the town dog-catcher post lost his race in a pretty
straightforward manner. “Can you imagine,” the frothing media star mouthed at
the unblinking eye of the television camera, “human sacrifice, dogs and cats
living together... mass hysteria!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Critical Flaws in Industrial Software Left US
Infrastructure Wide Open to Hackers (Gizmodo)
2.
NASA’s Mini Fission Reactor Could Help Humans
Survive on Mars – It Just Cleared Early Tests (Gizmodo)
3.
Rhode Island: Man Dies after Coming into Contact
with Power Line (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
4.
Hood Canal: New Baby Orca Seen in Washington State
with Whale Family (Associated Press)
5.
Getting Salmon above Grand Coulee Dam Could Lead
to Fishable Population in the Spokane River, Tribes Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
6.
Chehalis River Basin Work Includes Fish Passage
Projects (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
7.
Judge Refuses to Halt Klamath River Salmon
Protections (Courthouse News Service)
8.
Trials, Tribulations, & a Tribute to the
Pacific Salmon Treaty (Juneau Empire,
http://www.juneauempire.com/opinion/2018-04-25/trials-tribulations-and-tribute-pacific-salmon-treaty
9.
Students Learning to Protect Natural Habitats along
Columbia River (KGW-TV, Portland, Or)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. Oregon:
Wheatridge Wind Farm Seeks Bigger Turbine Blades (Hermiston Herald, OR)
11. Hawaii
Regulators Approve On-Bill Financing Program to Boost Clean Energy Adoption (Pacific
Business News, HI)
https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2018/05/01/hawaii-regulators-approve-on-bill-financing.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12. Big
Drama in Little Idaho: Former Harrison Mayor, City Councilman Feud over Wi-Fi Title
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
13. Oregon:
State Agency Says Odorous Air in The Dalles Is Safe, Despite Resident
Complaints (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
14. Nestlé
Water Bottling Facility in Sacramento to Use 100% Renewable Electricity (Solar
Power World)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
15. Snapchat
Is Still Hurting From Its Really Unpopular Redesign (Slate Magazine)
16. For
More than Just Friends? Facebook Will Soon Offer a Dating Service (NY Times)
17. How
Facebook Became the Tech Company People Love to Hate (Atlantic Magazine)
18. New
Zealand Is Officially Done with Being Omitted from Maps (Mashable)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
19. Benton
County Says ‘No’ to the Grow. That’s Not the End of It (Yakima Herald Republic,
WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. NASA
Sending Robotic Geologist Lander to Mars to Dig Super Deep; Launch Set for Saturday
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21. Painful
Clichés: How Often Do You Use the 10 Most ‘Cringe-Worthy’ Workplace Phrases? (USA
Today)
22. First
Women Elected to Seattle City Council on May 2, 1922. History Link)
GENERAL NEWS
23. Tick
& Mosquito Infections Spreading Rapidly, C.D.C. Finds (NY Times)
24. State
Readies Air Attack for Wildfire Season (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
25. The
Arc Expands Special Needs Services to Mason County (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Fingerprint Left in Play-Doh Leads to Shoplifting Suspect
Michigan Catholic School Ends Prom ‘Modesty Poncho’ Plan
Special Place in Hell: Colombian Vet Charged in U-S with
Smuggling Heroin in Puppies’ Bellies
An Oregon Man Got Busted with Over $50K Worth of Stolen Lego
Sets
SONG OF THE DAY
Gene McDaniels – A Hundred Pounds of Clay
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