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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
High-Speed Internet in Rural Areas Gets State Support (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Moses Lake: Washington State Solar Panel Supplier to Close –
Victim of China Tariff Battle (Associated Press)
Why Washington Is the Best State in America – Clean Energy!
(U.S. News & World Report)
Lewis County Exploring Taking Ownership of 54 Water Systems
from Thurston PUD (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
San Francisco May Make Pacific Gas & Electric a
Multibillion-Dollar Purchase Offer in Weeks (Bloomberg News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
San Francisco May Make Pacific Gas &
Electric a Multibillion-Dollar Purchase Offer in Weeks
2.
Port of Moses Lake Considering Talks with
Bonneville Power Administration for Power
3.
Lawmakers Urged to Drop Plan to Sell Power
Marketing Administration, TVA Grid Assets
4.
Chelan PUD Approves Agreements for Diamond
Foundry Power Needs
5.
Scott Morris, Avista CEO & Chairman, to
Retire in 2020
6.
Skilled Workers in High Demand for Trade
Industries Nationwide
7.
Unsung Hero: Bonneville Power Administration
Honors Klamath Falls Resident
8.
The Fusion Reactor Next Door
9.
Why Are So Many Gray Whales Dying in Washington
State?
10.
Idaho Inspectors Intercept 14 Boats with
Invasive Mussels
11.
Don’t Fear the Weevil: Beetle Helps Battle
Scotch Broom
12.
Moses Lake: Washington State Solar Panel
Supplier to Close – Victim of China Tariff Battle
13.
Why Washington Is the Best State in America –
Clean Energy!
14.
Washington State’s 100% Clean Electricity Law
Touted as Nation’s Strongest — But How Will It Work?
15.
Lewis County Exploring Taking Ownership of 54
Water Systems from Thurston PUD
16.
High-Speed Internet in Rural Areas Gets State
Support
17.
State Funding for Rural Broadband a ‘Start,’
Advocates Say
18.
A High-Speed Internet Boondoggle Is Now a
Campaign Issue in Kentucky
19.
U.S. Power Sector Recognizes Cyber Risks –
Violations Show Enforcement Issues
20.
This WhatsApp Flaw Helped Send Spyware with a
Voice Call
21.
First Day of Mason County Candidate Filing Week
22.
Washington Becomes First State to Offer Public
Health Insurance Option, Long-Term Care Benefit
23.
Seattle Workers’ Pension Plan Is Short by $1.2
Billion
24.
At Least Four Dead in Mid-Air Seaplane Crash in
Alaska, Ten Survive
25.
Washington State’s Fishing Industry Caught in
US-China Trade War
26.
Ecology, Squaxin Island Tribe Secure More Than
$1.5 Million in Conservation Grants
27.
State Takes Over after Tumwater Brewery Oil
Spill Cleanup Becomes Too Costly for Owner
28.
Washington Ranked Nation’s Best State by U.S.
News & World Report
WORD OF THE DAY
Demur • \DIH-murr\ • Verb – 1: archaic: delay, hesitate 2:
to file a demurrer 3: to take exception: object
“Haggis will put some meat on yer bones sonny,” barked the
kilt-wearing scot to the wan, pale Canadian. The youth demurred: “I guess it
would, if I could keep it down sir.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
San Francisco May Make Pacific Gas &
Electric a Multibillion-Dollar Purchase Offer in Weeks (Bloomberg News)
2.
Port of Moses Lake Considering Talks with Bonneville
Power Administration for Power (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
4.
Chelan PUD Approves Agreements for Diamond
Foundry Power Needs (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
5.
Scott Morris, Avista CEO & Chairman, to Retire
in 2020 (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
6.
Skilled Workers in High Demand for Trade
Industries Nationwide (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
7.
Unsung Hero: Bonneville Power Administration Honors
Klamath Falls Resident (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
8.
The Fusion Reactor Next Door (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Why Are So Many Gray Whales Dying in Washington
State? (Crosscut Seattle)
10. Idaho
Inspectors Intercept 14 Boats with Invasive Mussels (Associated Press)
11. Don’t
Fear the Weevil: Beetle Helps Battle Scotch Broom (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Moses
Lake: Washington State Solar Panel Supplier to Close – Victim of China Tariff
Battle (Associated Press)
13. Why
Washington Is the Best State in America – Clean Energy! (U.S. News & World
Report)
14. Washington
State’s 100% Clean Electricity Law Touted as Nation’s Strongest — But How Will
It Work? (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
15. Lewis
County Exploring Taking Ownership of 54 Water Systems from Thurston PUD (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. High-Speed
Internet in Rural Areas Gets State Support (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
17. State
Funding for Rural Broadband a ‘Start,’ Advocates Say (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
18. A
High-Speed Internet Boondoggle Is Now a Campaign Issue in Kentucky (ProPublica)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
19. U.S.
Power Sector Recognizes Cyber Risks – Violations Show Enforcement Issues (Utility
Dive)
20. This
WhatsApp Flaw Helped Send Spyware with a Voice Call (Mashable)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21. First
Day of Mason County Candidate Filing Week (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
22. Washington
Becomes First State to Offer Public Health Insurance Option, Long-Term Care
Benefit (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
23. Seattle
Workers’ Pension Plan Is Short by $1.2 Billion (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
24. At
Least Four Dead in Mid-Air Seaplane Crash in Alaska, Ten Survive (Reuters)
25. Washington
State’s Fishing Industry Caught in US-China Trade War (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
26. Ecology,
Squaxin Island Tribe Secure More Than $1.5 Million in Conservation Grants (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
27. State
Takes Over after Tumwater Brewery Oil Spill Cleanup Becomes Too Costly for Owner
(Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
28. Washington
Ranked Nation’s Best State by U.S. News & World Report (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
DUCKLINGS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Waiter Returns Lost $424,000 Check to Woman Who Stiffed Him on
Tip
Peeps from a Tacoma Storm Drain Turned Out to Be Three
Ducklings in Need of a Rescue
The Many, Many Theories About Leonardo da Vinci
Legendary comic Tim Conway dead at 85
SONG OF THE DAY
Axel Stordahl – McHale’s Navy Theme
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