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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California Approves Wide-Ranging Data Privacy Bill
(Christian Science Monitor)
Comcast, Other ISPs Suffer Major National Outage (Broadband
Reports)
Commissioner Powelson to Leave FERC Deadlocked on Gas
Pipelines, Grappling with Resilience (Utility Dive)
With Run Downgrade, Summer Chinook Fishing Below Bonneville
Dam Ends Early; Sockeye above Forecast (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
$50 Million Oregon Wave Test Center Locks Down Shoreside
Parcel, Gets New Name (Portland Business Journal, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Commissioner Powelson to Leave FERC Deadlocked
on Gas Pipelines, Grappling with Resilience
2.
British Columbia: Columbia River Treaty
Renegotiation Will Impact Okanagan
3.
Jeff Smith, “Heart & Soul” of Chelan PUD is
Retiring
4.
Editorial: Downsides of Mixing Politics with
Electricity
5.
With Run Downgrade, Summer Chinook Fishing Below
Bonneville Dam Ends Early; Sockeye above Forecast
6.
Corps’ Second Spill Report to Court Details
Impacts of High Flows, Involuntary Spill in May
7.
Environmental Group Appeals Massive Juniper
Removal in Idaho
8.
$50 Million Oregon Wave Test Center Locks Down
Shoreside Parcel, Gets New Name
9.
Comcast, Other ISPs Suffer Major National Outage
10.
Comcast Blames Nationwide Outage on ‘Fiber Cut’
11.
California Approves Wide-Ranging Data Privacy
Bill
12.
Bitcoin Bloodbath Nears Levels of Dot-Com Bust;
Many Tokens Go to Zero
13.
AT&T Is Raising an Obscure Fee to Make an
Extra $970 Million a Year, Analyst Says
14.
Arizona Commits to Producing Drought Plan for Colorado
River
15.
Salem Water Crisis: Detroit Lake Hit with Fourth
Toxic Algae Advisory
16.
Editorial: Newsprint Tariffs Hard on Community
Newspapers
17.
Former Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley
Sentenced to One Year in Prison
18.
U-S Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Sweeping Farm
Bill, Setting Up Fight with House
19.
Group Funded by Conservative Billionaires
Launches Anti-Union Campaign Following Supreme Court Ruling
20.
Eight Simultaneous Mason Roadside Brush Fires
under Investigation
21.
Search for Missing Shelton Man Suspended, More
Details Leading Up to Disappearance Disclosed
22.
Morning after Newspaper Murders, Maryland
Suspect Heads to Court
23.
‘We Are Putting Out a Damn Paper’: Capital
Gazette Journalists Kept Working after Fatal Shooting
24.
“We Can’t Forget Her”: Vigil Planned Saturday
for Tahuya Murder Victim
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU
Hoosegow ● \ HOOSE- ow (the “O” sound like ouch!)\●
Noun – Jail
The Graybar Motel
In the Hoosegow, the Big House
You’re in trouble, man
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Commissioner Powelson to Leave FERC Deadlocked on
Gas Pipelines, Grappling with Resilience (Utility Dive)
2.
British Columbia: Columbia River Treaty Renegotiation
Will Impact Okanagan (Salmon Arm Observer, BC)
3.
Jeff Smith, “Heart & Soul” of Chelan PUD is
Retiring (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
4.
Editorial: Downsides of Mixing Politics with
Electricity (BizWest Media, Boulder, CO)
FISH & WILDLIFE
5.
With Run Downgrade, Summer Chinook Fishing Below
Bonneville Dam Ends Early; Sockeye above Forecast (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
6.
Corps’ Second Spill Report to Court Details
Impacts of High Flows, Involuntary Spill in May (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
7.
Environmental Group Appeals Massive Juniper
Removal In Idaho (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
8.
$50 Million Oregon Wave Test Center Locks Down
Shoreside Parcel, Gets New Name (Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
9.
Comcast, Other ISPs Suffer Major National Outage
(Broadband Reports)
10. Comcast
Blames Nationwide Outage on ‘Fiber Cut’ (Gizmodo – PG 13 Language)
11. California
Approves Wide-Ranging Data Privacy Bill (Christian Science Monitor)
12. Bitcoin
Bloodbath Nears Levels of Dot-Com Bust; Many Tokens Go to Zero (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
13. AT&T
Is Raising an Obscure Fee to Make an Extra $970 Million a Year, Analyst Says (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
14. Arizona
Commits to Producing Drought Plan for Colorado River (Christian Science Monitor)
15. Salem
Water Crisis: Detroit Lake Hit with Fourth Toxic Algae Advisory (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
16. Editorial:
Newsprint Tariffs Hard on Community Newspapers (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
17. Former
Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley Sentenced to One Year in Prison (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
18. U-S
Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Sweeping Farm Bill, Setting Up Fight with House (Washington
Post)
19. Group
Funded by Conservative Billionaires Launches Anti-Union Campaign Following Supreme
Court Ruling (Los Angeles Times, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
20. Eight
Simultaneous Mason Roadside Brush Fires under Investigation (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
21. Search
for Missing Shelton Man Suspended, More Details Leading Up to Disappearance
Disclosed (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
22. Morning
after Newspaper Murders, Maryland Suspect Heads to Court (Courthouse News
Service)
23. ‘We
Are Putting Out a Damn Paper’: Capital Gazette Journalists Kept Working after Fatal
Shooting (NY Times)
24. “We
Can’t Forget Her”: Vigil Planned Saturday for Tahuya Murder Victim (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
HOOCH IN THE HOOSEGOW – DIVERSIONS
Police: Woman Drove Drunk to Pick Up Man Charged with DWI
The Mountain Slide in Oregon That Will Take You on a Ride of
a Lifetime
Skyjacker DB Cooper Revealed Real Identity in 1972 Letter to
the Oregonian, Code-Breaker Claims
https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/06/cc9c62a1082655/the_real_db_cooper_provided_en.html
Instant Karma – A Man Put a Camera in His Shoe for Some ‘Upskirting’
Shots. It Exploded on His Foot.
SONG OF THE DAY
Bachman Turner Overdrive – Let It Ride
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