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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Congressman Kilmer Hears Mason County Issues about Limited
Broadband Infrastructure (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Oregon Puts More Farmland Off Limits to Solar (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Reps. Herrera Beutler, Kilmer Secure Funding for Salmon
Treaty (Longview Daily News, WA)
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Walden Secures Assurance from Energy
Secretary to Not Privatize the Bonneville Power Administration (Hood River
News, OR)
Olympic Peninsula Prepares for Possible Drought (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Walden Secures Assurance
from Energy Secretary to Not Privatize the Bonneville Power Administration
2.
Lead US Negotiator on Columbia River Treaty
Tours Colville Reservation
3.
Lewis County PUD Begins Planning for Long-Term
Infrastructure Overhaul
4.
Chelan PUD Honored for Work in Uganda
5.
Montana: NorthWestern Seeks Huge Transmission
Rate Increase, Boosting Bills for Its Biggest Customers
6.
Op/Ed: Removing Snake River Dams Is Unwise
7.
Local Utility Director to Help Lead Statewide
PUD Group
8.
APPA: Deregulation Has Not Achieved Intended
Results
9.
Reps. Herrera Beutler, Kilmer Secure Funding for
Salmon Treaty
10.
Orca Feeding Frenzy on Gray Whale Off Whidbey
Island Captured by Whale Watchers
11.
How Our Noise Is Hurting Orcas’ Search for
Salmon
12.
Researchers Have Offered Ways to Save Salmon
Runs for Decades. Will New Leaders Listen?
13.
Snake River Dams Critical to Wheat Growers
14.
Oregon Puts More Farmland Off Limits to Solar
15.
Waste-To-Energy Plant in British Columbia to
Handle Disputed Garbage from Philippines
16.
An Abandoned Mine Near Joshua Tree Could Host a
Massive Hydropower Project
17.
Hydropower “Not Necessary” to Meet Global
Climate & Energy Goals, Says WWF & Nature Conservancy
18.
Congressman Kilmer Hears Mason County Issues
about Limited Broadband Infrastructure
19.
Congressman Kilmer Talks Broadband for All
20.
Grays Harbor PUD to Put Finishing Touches on
East County Fiber Project
21.
Fiber Internet Now Live in George, Microsoft
& Grant PUD Celebrate
22.
Who Should be Eligible for Broadband Grants?
23.
AT&T Promised 7,000 New Jobs to Get Tax
Break – It Cut 23,000 Jobs Instead
24.
States Squandering $3 Billion VW Settlement Fund
with Lack of Electric Vehicle Focus – Washington State Gets an A+ Grade
25.
Olympic Peninsula Prepares for Possible Drought
26.
Oregon Locks in Obama-Era Environmental
Protections
27.
Legal Marijuana Can Raise the Roof on Home Prices
28.
End of an Era: The Chronicle Shuts Down Its
Printing Division
29.
Facebook: Fake Account Removal Doubles in Six
Months to Three Billion
30.
Guy Palumbo, Washington State Senator Exits
Legislature to Return to Amazon
31.
‘Big Don’ Benton Goes to D.C., Shakes Up
Selective Service & Makes a Play for White House Chief of Staff
32.
81 Inmates Involved in Fight at Clallam Bay
Corrections Center
33.
Trump Admin to Close Two Pacific Northwest
Forest Service Job Centers
34.
‘It Was Like a Zoo:’ Death on an Unruly,
Overcrowded Everest
WORD OF THE DAY
Inenarrable • \in-ih-NAIR-uh-bul\ • adjective - Incapable of
being narrated: indescribable
The fresh-faced cub reporter trod disconsolately back to the
city desk, certain of his inability to write his story for the next morning’s
edition. The city’s plan to replace all its parks with miniature golf courses
had come under a withering, excoriating attack; an attack that was so peppered
with an apparent head-to-toe dipping in ‘Roget’s Thesaurus’ that any attempt to
recreate the event was utterly inerrable.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Walden Secures Assurance from
Energy Secretary to Not Privatize the Bonneville Power Administration (Hood
River News, OR)
2.
Lead US Negotiator on Columbia River Treaty
Tours Colville Reservation (Tribal Tribune, Nespelem, WA)
4.
Chelan PUD Honored for Work in Uganda (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
5.
Montana: NorthWestern Seeks Huge Transmission
Rate Increase, Boosting Bills for Its Biggest Customers (Fairfield Sun Times, MT)
6.
Op/Ed: Removing Snake River Dams Is Unwise (Auburn
Reporter, WA)
7.
Local Utility Director to Help Lead Statewide PUD
Group (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
8.
APPA: Deregulation Has Not Achieved Intended
Results (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Reps. Herrera Beutler, Kilmer Secure Funding for
Salmon Treaty (Longview Daily News, WA)
10. Orca
Feeding Frenzy on Gray Whale Off Whidbey Island Captured by Whale Watchers (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
11. How
Our Noise Is Hurting Orcas’ Search for Salmon (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
12. Researchers
Have Offered Ways to Save Salmon Runs for Decades. Will New Leaders Listen? (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
13. Snake
River Dams Critical to Wheat Growers (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. Oregon
Puts More Farmland Off Limits to Solar (Portland Business Journal, OR)
15. Waste-To-Energy
Plant in British Columbia to Handle Disputed Garbage from Philippines (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
16. An
Abandoned Mine Near Joshua Tree Could Host a Massive Hydropower Project (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
17. Hydropower
“Not Necessary” to Meet Global Climate & Energy Goals, Says WWF &
Nature Conservancy (Clean Technica)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
18. Congressman
Kilmer Hears Mason County Issues about Limited Broadband Infrastructure (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
19. Congressman
Kilmer Talks Broadband for All (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
20. Grays
Harbor PUD to Put Finishing Touches on East County Fiber Project (KXRO Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
21. Fiber
Internet Now Live in George, Microsoft & Grant PUD Celebrate (iFiberOne
News, Ephrata, WA)
22. Who
Should be Eligible for Broadband Grants? (Pots & Pans)
23. AT&T
Promised 7,000 New Jobs to Get Tax Break – It Cut 23,000 Jobs Instead (Ars
Technica)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
24. States
Squandering $3 Billion VW Settlement Fund with Lack of Electric Vehicle Focus –
Washington State Gets an A+ Grade (Utility Dive)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
25. Olympic
Peninsula Prepares for Possible Drought (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
26. Oregon
Locks in Obama-Era Environmental Protections (Courthouse News Service)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
27. Legal
Marijuana Can Raise the Roof on Home Prices (Los Angeles Times, CA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
28. End
of an Era: The Chronicle Shuts Down Its Printing Division (The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
29. Facebook:
Fake Account Removal Doubles in Six Months to Three Billion (SF Chronicle)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
30. Guy
Palumbo, Washington State Senator Exits Legislature to Return to Amazon (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
31. ‘Big
Don’ Benton Goes to D.C., Shakes Up Selective Service & Makes a Play for White
House Chief of Staff (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
32. 81
Inmates Involved in Fight at Clallam Bay Corrections Center (KELA Radio, Centralia,
WA)
33. Trump
Admin to Close Two Pacific Northwest Forest Service Job Centers (Associated
Press)
34. ‘It
Was Like a Zoo:’ Death on an Unruly, Overcrowded Everest (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
PATHOS IN THE DUGOUT – DIVERSIONS
Bill Buckner, All-Star Shadowed by World Series Error, Dies
at 69
Signals That Baffled Astronomers for 17 Years Traced to Observatory’s
Microwave Oven
Owners of Noah’s Ark Replica Sue Insurers Over Rain Damage
Belgian Monks Resurrect Brewery after Two Century Break
https://www.yahoo.com/news/belgian-monks-resurrect-brewery-two-century-break-154905498--finance.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Nat King Cole – Stardust
Willie Nelson – Stardust
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