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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snohomish PUD Controlling Water Temperature for Fish Habitat
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Google Cloud Outage Brings Down Snapchat, Spotify, Discord,
& ‘Pokémon Go’ (Mashable)
Chelan PUD Agrees to Buy Land for New Facility (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Twitter Reportedly Purged 58 Million Accounts in Just Three
Months (Gizmodo)
Could Mount Baker Generate Renewable Energy? This Is What
They’re Testing. (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Chelan PUD Agrees to Buy Land for New Facility
2.
Washington State UTC’s New Home – What’s Going
on with This Building in Lacey?
3.
Has FERC’s Landmark Transmission Planning Effort
Made Transmission Building Harder?
4.
Are Underground Power Lines Really the Solution
to Power Outages in South Florida?
5.
Snohomish PUD Controlling Water Temperature for
Fish Habitat
6.
U-S Forest Service Issues Draft Record of
Decision for Mountain Goat Plan
7.
Rare Sea Otter Spotted Off Olympic Coast
8.
Could Mount Baker Generate Renewable Energy?
This Is What They’re Testing.
9.
Pacific Gas & Electric Projects Set New Bar
for Battery Size – Fall Short on Transparency
10.
Lompoc Valley Wind-Energy Project Gets a Second
Wind
11.
Google Cloud Outage Brings Down Snapchat,
Spotify, Discord, & ‘Pokémon Go’
12.
Not Even the Internet Is Safe From Rising Sea
Levels
13.
US Ranks Just 20th in Broadband Speed League
14.
Twitter Reportedly Purged 58 Million Accounts in
Just Three Months
15.
Microsoft Says Skype Will Finally Get Call
Recording This Summer
16.
Mason County Commissioner Candidates Face Off In
Primary
17.
Body of Missing Shelton Man, Dale Ackley, Found
18.
Wildfires Burning in Mason County
19.
Couple Flees Hoodsport Fire That Destroys Home
20.
Mason General Receives 2018 ‘Infant Safe Sleep’
Bronze Award
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Chelan PUD Agrees to Buy Land for New Facility (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
2.
Washington State UTC’s New Home – What’s Going on
with This Building in Lacey? (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Has FERC’s Landmark Transmission Planning Effort
Made Transmission Building Harder? (Utility Dive)
4.
Are Underground Power Lines Really the Solution to
Power Outages in South Florida? (WJCT Radio, Jacksonville, FL)
FISH & WILDLIFE
5.
Snohomish PUD Controlling Water Temperature for
Fish Habitat (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
6.
U-S Forest Service Issues Draft Record of Decision
for Mountain Goat Plan (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
7.
Rare Sea Otter Spotted Off Olympic Coast (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
8.
Could Mount Baker Generate Renewable Energy? This
Is What They’re Testing. (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
9.
Pacific Gas & Electric Projects Set New Bar for
Battery Size – Fall Short on Transparency (Utility Dive)
10. Lompoc
Valley Wind-Energy Project Gets a Second Wind (NoozHawk, Santa Barbara, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11. Google
Cloud Outage Brings Down Snapchat, Spotify, Discord, & ‘Pokémon Go’ (Mashable)
12. Not
Even the Internet Is Safe From Rising Sea Levels (Earther)
13. US
Ranks Just 20th in Broadband Speed League (TECH.CO)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
14. Twitter
Reportedly Purged 58 Million Accounts in Just Three Months (Gizmodo)
15. Microsoft
Says Skype Will Finally Get Call Recording This Summer (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
16. Mason
County Commissioner Candidates Face Off In Primary (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
17. Body
of Missing Shelton Man, Dale Ackley, Found (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
18. Wildfires
Burning in Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
19. Couple
Flees Hoodsport Fire That Destroys Home (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
20. Mason
General Receives 2018 ‘Infant Safe Sleep’ Bronze Award (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Lose, Your Blues: Town Tosses ‘Footloose’ Anti-Dancing Law
Police Post Mugshot of Lost Dog, Bail Paid in Cookies
This Is Your Brain on Cirque du Soleil
These Crumbs Come from the World’s Oldest Bread. It Might
Have Resembled a Pita.
SONG OF THE DAY
Kenny Loggins – Footloose (Extended Version)
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