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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
President Trump Slaps Steep Tariffs on Imported Washing
Machines & Solar Products (NY Times)
Federal Shutdown Ended: Deal Reached to Fund Government
through Feb 8 (CNN Wire)
Oregon: Federal Commission Confirms Umatilla Electric
Cooperative’s Authority to Build Wheatridge Transmission Line (East Oregonian,
Pendleton)
Including Grays Harbor PUD Fiber – Numerous Projects on
Harbors Funded Under New Washington State Capital Budget (Aberdeen Daily World,
WA)
Facebook to Start Ranking News Sources on Trustworthiness
(SF Chronicle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Oregon: Federal Commission Confirms Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s Authority to Build Wheatridge Transmission Line
- U-S Senate to Probe Deep Freeze’s Impact on Electric Grid
- Natural Gas is Energy’s New King — But How Long Will It Reign? California May Offer Some Clues
- Feds Forecast Natural Gas to Remain Primary Energy Source for Electricity Generation
- Ten Trends Shaping the Power Sector in 2018
- Report: Pesticides Imperil Endangered Salmon
- Donation Will Aid Salmon in South Kitsap Stream
- President Trump Slaps Steep Tariffs on Imported Washing Machines & Solar Products
- Small Steps Can Cut Energy Bills
- ‘Mixed Emotions’ as Vermont Governor Signs Pot Legalization
- Battle over Legal Marijuana: A Monumental Moment for States’ Rights
- Oregon: If Measure 101 Fails, Cap-&-Trade Push Will Carry On, Bill Author Says
- Including Grays Harbor PUD Fiber – Numerous Projects on Harbors Funded Under New Washington State Capital Budget
- FCC Keeps Definition of Broadband at 25 Mbps Downloads
- Montana Won’t Do Business with Net Neutrality Violating ISPs
- New Federal Bill Would Stop States from Banning Broadband Competition
- Facebook to Start Ranking News Sources on Trustworthiness
- Washington State Governor Inslee Signs $4.2 Billion Capital Budget, Water Bill
- Bill Seeks to Raise Washington State’s Smoking Age from 18 to 21
- Federal Shutdown Ended: Deal Reached to Fund Government through Feb 8
- Blast of Colder Weather Headed for Western Washington State
- Three People Suing Boat Driver for Colliding With Their Boat on Columbia River
- Downtown Shelton Connector Project Update Wednesday
- New Administrator at Olympic College Shelton
- Mother & Daughter Charged with Stealing nearly 400,000 from Grays Harbor Community Hospital
Petulant • \PETCH-you-lunt\ • adjective – 1: insolent or
rude in speech or behavior 2: characterized by temporary or capricious ill
humor
The ponderous, seemingly good-natured personality of Kasper
Gutman in the “Maltese Falcon” disguised a petulant, mean-spirited crook. The
character in the 1941 classic was played to perfection by Sydney Greenstreet in
his first movie role, opposite Humphrey Bogart.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Oregon: Federal Commission Confirms Umatilla Electric
Cooperative’s Authority to Build Wheatridge Transmission Line (East Oregonian,
Pendleton)
U-S Senate to Probe Deep Freeze’s Impact on Electric Grid
(Washington Examiner)
Natural Gas is Energy’s New King — But How Long Will It
Reign? California May Offer Some Clues (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
Feds Forecast Natural Gas to Remain Primary Energy Source for
Electricity Generation (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Ten Trends Shaping the Power Sector in 2018 (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Report: Pesticides Imperil Endangered Salmon (The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
Donation Will Aid Salmon in South Kitsap Stream (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
President Trump Slaps Steep Tariffs on Imported Washing
Machines & Solar Products (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Small Steps Can Cut Energy Bills (Rocky Mount Telegram, NC)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
‘Mixed Emotions’ as Vermont Governor Signs Pot Legalization
(Associated Press)
Battle over Legal Marijuana: A Monumental Moment for States’
Rights (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon: If Measure 101 Fails, Cap-&-Trade Push Will
Carry On, Bill Author Says (Portland Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Including Grays Harbor PUD Fiber – Numerous Projects on Harbors
Funded Under New Washington State Capital Budget (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
FCC Keeps Definition of Broadband at 25 Mbps Downloads
(Houston Chronicle, TX)
Montana Won’t Do Business with Net Neutrality Violating ISPs
(Broadband Reports)
New Federal Bill Would Stop States from Banning Broadband
Competition (Broadband Reports)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook to Start Ranking News Sources on Trustworthiness (SF
Chronicle)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Governor Inslee Signs $4.2 Billion Capital
Budget, Water Bill (Associated Press)
Bill Seeks to Raise Washington State’s Smoking Age from 18
to 21 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Federal Shutdown Ended: Deal Reached to Fund Government through
Feb 8 (CNN Wire)
Blast of Colder Weather Headed for Western Washington State (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Three People Suing Boat Driver for Colliding With Their Boat
on Columbia River (KATU-TV, Portland, OR
Downtown Shelton Connector Project Update Wednesday (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
New Administrator at Olympic College Shelton (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Mother & Daughter Charged with Stealing nearly 400,000 from
Grays Harbor Community Hospital (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Low-Cal Catastrophe – Budweiser Ousted from List of Three
Favorite Beers in the U-S
This Poacher Got Busted with 1,088 Sea Urchins. Their Naughty
Bits Sell for $100 per Pound
Doughnut-Eating Champ Charged with Stealing From Dunkin’
Philadelphia Greasing Light Poles To Stop Fans from Climbing
SONG OF THE DAY
Elton John – Philadelphia Freedom
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