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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Record Heat Wednesday, 90s Expected in Some Areas (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Drought, Irrigation Demands Draw Down Rimrock Lake Levels
(Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Avista Seeks 3.5% Electric Rate Increase for Idaho Customers
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Oregon Wave Energy Testing Project Moves Forward (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Small Idaho City Shows the Benefits of Open Access Broadband
Networks (Techdirt)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Avista Seeks 3.5% Electric Rate Increase for
Idaho Customers
2.
City of Clarkston to Shift Sewer Plant to Asotin
County PUD
3.
American Public Power Association: Kelly Calls
for Public Power to Address Three Critical Issues
4.
Hawaii: Two Men in Hospital After Electric
Shock, What You Can Do If Facing Electric Shock
5.
Electrifying Manitoba: How Hydropower
‘Absolutely Revolutionized’ the Province
6.
Snohomish PUD: Fishing, Mining Are Preventing
Winter Steelhead Recovery
7.
Canada Passes ‘Free Willy’ Bill Banning Whale
& Dolphin Captivity
8.
Orca Day Is Coming to Pacific County
9.
Drought, Irrigation Demands Draw Down Rimrock
Lake Levels
10.
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson
Sues Trump Administration Over Water Quality Standards in Spokane River
11.
California Taps Clean Air Money to Pay for
Drinking Water
12.
‘A Major Punch in the Gut’: Midwest Rains
Projected to Create Near-Record Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico
13.
Paralysis on America’s Rivers: There’s Too Much
Water
14.
Oregon Wave Energy Testing Project Moves Forward
15.
Facebook Is Building a Massive Solar Project in
Texas
16.
NextEra Loses Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction
Fight with Pacific Gas & Electric Over Renewables Contracts
17.
U.S. Wind Energy Industry Is Booming – Tariffs
Pose a Threat
18.
Orcas Power & Light Awarded $5.8 Million to
Fund Energy Efficiency Projects
19.
Mossyrock Earns State Energy Grant to Upgrade
Community Center, City Hall
20.
Small Idaho City Shows the Benefits of Open
Access Broadband Networks
21.
States sue to stop $26.5 billion Sprint-T-Mobile
deal
22.
U.S. Customs & Border Protection Says Photos
of Travelers Were Taken in a Data Breach
23.
Rise of Smaller Rivals Throws Up Fresh Challenge
to Bitcoin
24.
Tesla, Facing Setbacks & Skeptics, Tries to
Get Back on Course
25.
More U.S. Businesses Making Changes in Response
to Climate Concerns
26.
Shelton Fifth Grader Wins Forest Festival
Billboard Contest Grand Prize
27.
Record Heat Wednesday, 90s Expected in Some
Areas
28.
Bear Creek Fire in Kitsap County 100 Percent
Contained
29.
Mason County to Ask Voters to Support a New
Criminal Justice Tax
30.
Olympic National Park: Staircase Road at Lake
Cushman to Reopen to Visitors Saturday
31.
Poop from thousands of nesting cormorants
damaging Astoria-Megler Bridge
32.
Neighbors Pleased as Oregon Department of
Transportation Replaces Roses with Boulders to Deter Homeless
WORD OF THE DAY
Nonplussed • \non-PLUST\ • verb - To cause to be at a loss
as to what to say, think, or do
The local candidate felt he was prepared for just about any
question regarding the office of dog catcher…that is until a left-field
question was lobbed during the intense radio debate left him nonplussed, “if
elected, what would you do about illegal immigration?”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Avista Seeks 3.5% Electric Rate Increase for Idaho
Customers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
2.
City of Clarkston to Shift Sewer Plant to Asotin
County PUD (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
3.
American Public Power Association: Kelly Calls for
Public Power to Address Three Critical Issues (American Public Power
Association)
4.
Hawaii: Two Men in Hospital After Electric
Shock, What You Can Do If Facing Electric Shock (KHON-TV, Honolulu, HI)
5.
Electrifying Manitoba: How Hydropower ‘Absolutely
Revolutionized’ the Province (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
Snohomish PUD: Fishing, Mining Are Preventing
Winter Steelhead Recovery (Everett Herald, WA)
7.
Canada Passes ‘Free Willy’ Bill Banning Whale &
Dolphin Captivity (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
8.
Orca Day Is Coming to Pacific County (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
9.
Drought, Irrigation Demands Draw Down Rimrock
Lake Levels (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
10. Washington
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson Sues Trump Administration Over Water
Quality Standards in Spokane River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
11. California
Taps Clean Air Money to Pay for Drinking Water (Associated Press)
12. ‘A
Major Punch in the Gut’: Midwest Rains Projected to Create Near-Record Dead
Zone in Gulf of Mexico (Washington Post)
13. Paralysis
on America’s Rivers: There’s Too Much Water (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. Oregon
Wave Energy Testing Project Moves Forward (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
15. Facebook
Is Building a Massive Solar Project in Texas (Associated Press)
16. NextEra
Loses Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction Fight with Pacific Gas & Electric Over
Renewables Contracts (Utility Dive)
17. U.S.
Wind Energy Industry Is Booming – Tariffs Pose a Threat (CNBC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. Orcas
Power & Light Awarded $5.8 Million to Fund Energy Efficiency Projects
(Island Weekly, Eastsound, WA)
19. Mossyrock
Earns State Energy Grant to Upgrade Community Center, City Hall (The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20. Small
Idaho City Shows the Benefits of Open Access Broadband Networks (Techdirt)
21. States
sue to stop $26.5 billion Sprint-T-Mobile deal (Associated Press)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
22. U.S.
Customs & Border Protection Says Photos of Travelers Were Taken in a Data
Breach (Washington Post)
23. Rise
of Smaller Rivals Throws Up Fresh Challenge to Bitcoin (Reuters)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
24. Tesla,
Facing Setbacks & Skeptics, Tries to Get Back on Course (NY Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
25. More
U.S. Businesses Making Changes in Response to Climate Concerns (Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
26. Shelton
Fifth Grader Wins Forest Festival Billboard Contest Grand Prize (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
GENERAL NEWS
27. Record
Heat Wednesday, 90s Expected in Some Areas (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
28. Bear
Creek Fire in Kitsap County 100 Percent Contained (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
29. Mason
County to Ask Voters to Support a New Criminal Justice Tax (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
30. Olympic
National Park: Staircase Road at Lake Cushman to Reopen to Visitors Saturday (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
31. Poop
from thousands of nesting cormorants damaging Astoria-Megler Bridge (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
32. Neighbors
Pleased as Oregon Department of Transportation Replaces Roses with Boulders to Deter
Homeless (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
A Lock of Beethoven’s Hair Will Soon Be Up for Auction
Cracking the Tab on Summer: Northwest Wine Brands
Increasingly Pour into Cans
Court Agrees to Listen to Led Zeppelin in ‘Stairway to
Heaven’ Appeal
Air Force: Obscene Contrails Above Phoenix Unintentional
MUSIC OF THE DAY
Beethoven – Symphony No 3 In E Flat Major, ‘Eroica’
Walter Murphy- A Fifth of Beethoven
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