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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Whiteout Conditions Possible in W. Washington Mountains This
Weekend, Thunderstorms in Seattle (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Idaho Power Sues EPA over Hells Canyon Dams Requirement
(Associated Press)
Flows Drop on Columbia/Snake, Allows Transition to
Court-Ordered Spill; Water Supply Forecasts Good (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Anti-Smelter Groups File Suit against Pend Oreille PUD,
Proposed Silicon Smelter HiTest (The Inlander, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Supreme Court Ends Decade-Long School
Funding Case (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Idaho Power Sues EPA over Hells Canyon Dams
Requirement
2.
Washington State’s “Move Over Law” Now Include
Linemen & Other Utility Workers
3.
Bonneville Power Administration’s Integrated
Program Review Effort Evolves to Reflect Strategic Plan
4.
Fall River Electric Coop to Mark 80th
Anniversary
5.
Nuclear Option: Santee Cooper Wants to Settle
Legal Fight with Electric Co-Ops Out of Court
6.
Flows Drop on Columbia/Snake, Allows Transition
to Court-Ordered Spill; Water Supply Forecasts Good
7.
Study: Ocean Warming Cause of Massive West Coast
Seabird Die-Off in 2014
8.
Anti-Smelter Groups File Suit against Pend
Oreille PUD, Proposed Silicon Smelter HiTest
9.
Tesla Has Installed a Truly Huge Amount of
Energy Storage
10.
Spat over Solar – ‘Top Chef’ Restaurateur
Accused of Poisoning Neighbor’s Giant Tree
11.
Facebook Says ‘Bug’ Made 14 Million Private
Updates Public
12.
More Than Half of U-S Households Have Ditched
Landline Phones
13.
The Message Is Lost: Yahoo Kills Off Its
Messenger Service
14.
The Energy Sector Is Driving Job Growth, But Not
Where You Think
15.
Dairy Farms Battle Environmentalists over Manure
16.
Did Climate Trigger Toxic Algae Bloom Hurting
Salem’s Water?
17.
Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking
to Children
18.
President Trump Says He Is Likely to Support
Ending Federal Ban on Marijuana
19.
Are Google & Facebook Responsible for the
Medical Quackery They Host?
20.
Washington State Supreme Court Ends Decade-Long
School Funding Case
21.
Whiteout Conditions Possible in W. Washington
Mountains This Weekend, Thunderstorms in Seattle
22.
Eight Hepatitis C Cases Confirmed at Puyallup
Hospital
23.
Flu Killed 172 Children This Season, the Highest
Death Toll in Nearly a Decade
24.
Man Found Guilty of Killing Olympia Woman
25.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Loses Workplace
Health & Safety Program ‘Star Site’ Recognition
26.
Ex-Shelton City Employees Wheaton, Mell Take on
Partnership at Shelton’s John L. Scott Real Estate, Guardian Property
Management
27.
Capitals Beat Golden Knights to Win Their First
Stanley Cup
WORD OF THE DAY
Weltschmerz • \VELT-shmertz\ • Noun - 1: mental depression
or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal
state 2: a mood of sentimental sadness
“Ah, to live in the world of the 1500’s, when things were
simpler…and you knew where you stood,” sighed the grizzled English lord to his
bootblack. His state of weltschmerz was only slightly tempered by the historic
realities of disease, dirt, body odor, and rampant halitosis.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Idaho Power Sues EPA over Hells Canyon Dams
Requirement (Associated Press)
2.
Washington State’s “Move Over Law” Now Include
Linemen & Other Utility Workers (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
3.
Bonneville Power Administration’s Integrated
Program Review Effort Evolves to Reflect Strategic Plan (Bonneville Power
Administration)
4.
Fall River Electric Coop to Mark 80th
Anniversary (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
5.
Nuclear Option: Santee Cooper Wants to Settle
Legal Fight with Electric Co-Ops Out of Court (Charleston Post & Courier,
SC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
Flows Drop on Columbia/Snake, Allows Transition to
Court-Ordered Spill; Water Supply Forecasts Good (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
7.
Study: Ocean Warming Cause of Massive West Coast
Seabird Die-Off in 2014 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
8.
Anti-Smelter Groups File Suit against Pend
Oreille PUD, Proposed Silicon Smelter HiTest (The Inlander, Spokane, WA)
9.
Tesla Has Installed a Truly Huge Amount of
Energy Storage (Fast Company)
10. Spat
over Solar – ‘Top Chef’ Restaurateur Accused of Poisoning Neighbor’s Giant Tree
(Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11. Facebook
Says ‘Bug’ Made 14 Million Private Updates Public (Oregonian, Portland)
12. More
Than Half of U-S Households Have Ditched Landline Phones (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
13. The
Message Is Lost: Yahoo Kills Off Its Messenger Service (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
14. The
Energy Sector Is Driving Job Growth, But Not Where You Think (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/energy-sector-is-driving-job-growth-but-not-where-you-think/524600/
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
15. Dairy
Farms Battle Environmentalists over Manure (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
16. Did
Climate Trigger Toxic Algae Bloom Hurting Salem’s Water? (Oregonian, Portland)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
17. Mr.
Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children (Atlantic Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
18. President
Trump Says He Is Likely to Support Ending Federal Ban on Marijuana (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
19. Are
Google & Facebook Responsible for the Medical Quackery They Host? (UnDark)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
20. Washington
State Supreme Court Ends Decade-Long School Funding Case (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
GENERAL NEWS
21. Whiteout
Conditions Possible in W. Washington Mountains This Weekend, Thunderstorms in Seattle
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
22. Eight
Hepatitis C Cases Confirmed at Puyallup Hospital (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
23. Flu
Killed 172 Children This Season, the Highest Death Toll in Nearly a Decade (Washington
Post)
24. Man
Found Guilty of Killing Olympia Woman (Associated Press)
25. Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard Loses Workplace Health & Safety Program ‘Star Site’
Recognition (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
26. Ex-Shelton
City Employees Wheaton, Mell Take on Partnership at Shelton’s John L. Scott
Real Estate, Guardian Property Management (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
27. Capitals
Beat Golden Knights to Win Their First Stanley Cup (Reuters)
KITCHEN CAPERS – DIVERSIONS
Anthony Bourdain, Celebrity Chef, Dead in Apparent Suicide at
61
Anthony Bourdain: Five of His Tips for Eating Out
A Corporate Executive Led a Secret Double Life – As Australia’s
‘Poo Jogger’
Sheriff Loses Election to His Deputy, Fires Him Moments
Later
Online Map Shows Crabby Crows Dive Bombing Pedestrians in Metro
Vancouver, BC
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric Burdon & War – Spill the Wine
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