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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
In Eastern Washington, Denied Bitcoin Miners Turn
Belligerent – Chelan PUD has installed bulletproof panels in response to angry,
disconnected miners. (Everett Herald, WA)
ITYS – Maintaining Court-Ordered Spill at Columbia/Snake
Dams Without Exceeding Gas Caps Proves Challenging (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Okanogan PUD Begins Phase 1 of Re-Electrifying Enloe Dam
despite Opposition from the Public (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville,
WA)
Another Willamette Valley County Says no To Solar on Prime
Farmland (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Twitter Urges Users to Change Their Passwords after
Discovering a Bug That Revealed Them Internally (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
In Eastern Washington, Denied Bitcoin Miners
Turn Belligerent – Chelan PUD has installed bulletproof panels in response to
angry, disconnected miners.
2.
Okanogan PUD Begins Phase 1 of Re-Electrifying
Enloe Dam despite Opposition from the Public
3.
Op/Ed: Progress in Congress on Protecting
Pacific Northwest Hydropower
4.
ITYS – Maintaining Court-Ordered Spill at
Columbia/Snake Dams Without Exceeding Gas Caps Proves Challenging
5.
Removal of Olympic National Park Mountain Goats
Could Start in Summer
6.
Another Willamette Valley County Says no To
Solar on Prime Farmland
7.
Iowa Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal in
Wind Turbine Case
8.
Twitter Urges Users to Change Their Passwords
after Discovering a Bug That Revealed Them Internally
9.
CenturyLink Cutting Hundreds of Jobs Companywide
10.
Exclusive: Charter Wireless Launches June 30
11.
Regulators Expect Record Annual Recharge for
Idaho Aquifer
12.
The Mute Button Is Twitter’s Most Underrated
Feature
13.
Lava Shoots through a 500-Foot-Long Fissure in
the Middle of a Hawaiian Neighborhood
14.
Tariff Impact Colors a Key House Race in Boeing
Country
15.
Farm Groups, Fearing a Trade War, Voice Concerns
to U-S Rep. McMorris Rodgers
16.
Fury & Frustration Erupt In Seattle over
Proposed Head Tax for Homelessness Services
17.
U-S Senate Committee to Consider Controversial
Ninth Circuit Court Nominee
18.
Arrest Made in Hepatitis C Outbreak at Puyallup
Hospital – Nurse Could Face Assault Charge
19.
DNR Scientist Warns of Massive Western
Washington Fire in Future
20.
Pioneer School District Announces New
Superintendent
21.
Mason County Deputy Honored Nearly 75 Years
after His Death
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Flocculate ● /FLOCK-yuh-layt/ ● Verb – To aggregate or
coalesce into small lumps or loose clusters
Wafting, spent blossoms
Soft, pink petals flocculate
See the hue of spring
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
In Eastern Washington, Denied Bitcoin Miners
Turn Belligerent – Chelan PUD has installed bulletproof panels in response to
angry, disconnected miners. (Everett Herald, WA)
2.
Okanogan PUD Begins Phase 1 of Re-Electrifying Enloe
Dam despite Opposition from the Public (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune,
Oroville, WA)
3.
Op/Ed: Progress in Congress on Protecting Pacific
Northwest Hydropower (Quad City Herald, Brewster, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
4.
ITYS – Maintaining Court-Ordered Spill at
Columbia/Snake Dams Without Exceeding Gas Caps Proves Challenging (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
5.
Removal of Olympic National Park Mountain Goats
Could Start in Summer (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
6.
Another Willamette Valley County Says no To
Solar on Prime Farmland (Portland Business Journal, OR)
7.
Iowa Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal in Wind
Turbine Case (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
8.
Twitter Urges Users to Change Their Passwords after
Discovering a Bug That Revealed Them Internally (Washington Post)
9.
CenturyLink Cutting Hundreds of Jobs Companywide
(Minneapolis-St Paul Business Journal, MN)
10. Exclusive:
Charter Wireless Launches June 30 (Broadband Reports)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
11. Regulators
Expect Record Annual Recharge for Idaho Aquifer (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
12. The
Mute Button Is Twitter’s Most Underrated Feature (Mashable)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
13. Lava
Shoots through a 500-Foot-Long Fissure in the Middle of a Hawaiian Neighborhood
(Mashable)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
14. Tariff
Impact Colors a Key House Race in Boeing Country (NY Times)
15. Farm
Groups, Fearing a Trade War, Voice Concerns to U-S Rep. McMorris Rodgers (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
16. Fury
& Frustration Erupt In Seattle over Proposed Head Tax for Homelessness
Services (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
17. U-S
Senate Committee to Consider Controversial Ninth Circuit Court Nominee (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
18. Arrest
Made in Hepatitis C Outbreak at Puyallup Hospital – Nurse Could Face Assault
Charge (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
19. DNR
Scientist Warns of Massive Western Washington Fire in Future (Longview Daily
News, WA)
20. Pioneer
School District Announces New Superintendent (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
21. Mason
County Deputy Honored Nearly 75 Years after His Death (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
High School’s Mystery Pooper Caught – It Turned Out to be Another
District’s Superintendent
Canadian Man Wins Lottery on Birthday as He Retires
May the 4th be with You Day – The Top 10 Most Han Solo
Moments in Star Wars History
Swedish Meatballs Are Turkish? ‘My Whole Life Has Been a Lie’
SONG OF THE DAY
Ricky Nelson - Garden Party
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