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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Buoy 10: Stellar Fall Coho Run Has Anglers Optimistic –
Salmon Begin to Head into Columbia River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Montana Judge Finds NorthWestern Energy Skirted Renewable
Energy Law (Associated Press)
Oregon: Water Crisis in Warm Springs Drags into Third Month
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Satire Much? State Should Study Breaching Ballard Locks,
Removing Seattle City Light Dams, Ericksen Says (Washington State Republican
Caucus)
Level 1-3 Evacuations in Place for Williams Flats Fire
Burning over 34,000 Acres on Colville Reservation (KHQ TV, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Satire Much? Washington State Should Study
Breaching Ballard Locks, Removing Seattle City Light Dams, Sen. Ericksen Says
2.
Audio: Washington State Sen. Ericksen, Leave
Snake River Dams, Get Rid of Ballard Locks Instead
3.
Avista Second-Quarter Earnings Remain Consistent
4.
FERC Formally Acknowledges Completion of
PacifiCorp Decommissioning of the Condit Hydroelectric Project
5.
Meet Sadie Shattuck & See How She Helps Keep
the Lights On
6.
In Battle to Break Up Utilities, Arizona Steps
to the Front Line
7.
Wind Farms Are Being Taken to Court Over South
Australia’s’s Blackout — How Did We Get Here?
8.
Venezuela – A Nation Left in the Dark
9.
Buoy 10: Stellar Fall Coho Run Has Anglers
Optimistic – Salmon Begin to Head into Columbia River
10.
Idaho Mulls Fall Chinook Season
11.
Part 3 - Salmon Runs in 2019 Expected to be
Lower Than 2017, 2018
12.
Oregon Judge Dings Wildlife Commission for
Changing Direction on Murrelet Protections
13.
Canada: ‘It’s Illegal, It’s Immoral’: Alleged
Destruction of Protected Cliff Swallow Nests Triggers Investigation
14.
Oregon: Water Crisis in Warm Springs Drags into
Third Month
15.
Oregon Retrofitting Options Emerge for Scoggins
Dam at Risk of Earthquake Failure
16.
Montana: Ex-Chemist for Billings to Repay More
Than $38,000 for Spiking Co-Worker’s Water Samples
17.
Montana Judge Finds NorthWestern Energy Skirted
Renewable Energy Law
18.
A Clean Energy Breakthrough Could Be Buried Deep
Beneath Rural Utah
19.
Wood Pellets Draw Fire as Alternative to Coal
20.
How iFIBER Communications’ High-Speed Internet
Can Help You Conquer the Heat
21.
The Digital Divide: U.S. Senator Murray
Discusses Technology Gaps in Rural Communities
22.
Elizabeth Warren Proposes ‘Public Option for
Broadband’
23.
CEO: Rural Digital Opportunity Fund May Be ‘Less
Favorable to Frontier’ Than CAF Program Was
24.
Blackout Ends: CBS Channels Restored to AT&T
Outlets, Including DirecTV
25.
Utilities See Risks, Rewards in Cryptocurrency
Power Demand
26.
An Electric Harley Loses the Growl but Still
Aims to Turn Heads
27.
United Nations Climate Report Foresees a Hungry
Future
28.
Are You Team Oxford Comma or Not?
29.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Stumbles Upon a Strangely
Complicated Martian Rock
30.
Director of Alaska College Resigns Due to State
Budget Cuts
31.
Level 1-3 Evacuations in Place for Williams
Flats Fire Burning over 34,000 Acres on Colville Reservation
32.
Missing Mason County Woman Located
33.
Angry Driver Plows Through Construction Site
Near Olympia, Injures Worker
34.
Washington State Troopers Sue Ford Over Carbon
Monoxide
35.
Mason County Awarded Loan to Extend Belfair
Sewer
36.
Shelton Family Center Receives Homeless Youth
Grant
37.
Shelton’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Receives
Outstanding Performance Award from WA State Department of Ecology
WORD OF THE DAY
Sigmoid • \SIG-moyd\ • Adjective - 1a: curved like the
letter C b: curved in two directions like the letter S 2: of, relating to, or
being the sigmoid colon
The Skokomish River snaked across the flat, narrow valley
over centuries, leaving barely visible evidence of its sigmoid bends and twists
as it flowed into its wide, marshy delta on the lower bend of Hood Canal.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Satire Much? Washington State Should Study
Breaching Ballard Locks, Removing Seattle City Light Dams, Sen. Ericksen Says (Washington
State Republican Caucus)
2.
Audio: Washington State Sen. Ericksen, Leave
Snake River Dams, Get Rid of Ballard Locks Instead (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
3.
Avista Second-Quarter Earnings Remain Consistent
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
4.
FERC Formally Acknowledges Completion of
PacifiCorp Decommissioning of the Condit Hydroelectric Project (Gorge Country Media,
The Dalles, OR)
5.
Meet Sadie Shattuck & See How She Helps Keep
the Lights On (Bonneville Power Administration)
6.
In Battle to Break Up Utilities, Arizona Steps to
the Front Line (Renewable Energy World)
7.
Wind Farms Are Being Taken to Court Over South Australia’s’s
Blackout — How Did We Get Here? (Australia Broadcasting Corporation)
8.
Venezuela – A Nation Left in the Dark (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Buoy 10: Stellar Fall Coho Run Has Anglers
Optimistic – Salmon Begin to Head into Columbia River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
10. Idaho
Mulls Fall Chinook Season (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
11. Part
3 - Salmon Runs in 2019 Expected to be Lower Than 2017, 2018 (Boise Weekly, ID)
12. Oregon
Judge Dings Wildlife Commission for Changing Direction on Murrelet Protections
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
13. Canada:
‘It’s Illegal, It’s Immoral’: Alleged Destruction of Protected Cliff Swallow
Nests Triggers Investigation (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
14. Oregon:
Water Crisis in Warm Springs Drags into Third Month (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
15. Oregon
Retrofitting Options Emerge for Scoggins Dam at Risk of Earthquake Failure
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
16. Montana:
Ex-Chemist for Billings to Repay More Than $38,000 for Spiking Co-Worker’s
Water Samples (Billings Gazette, MT)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
17. Montana
Judge Finds NorthWestern Energy Skirted Renewable Energy Law (Associated Press)
18. A
Clean Energy Breakthrough Could Be Buried Deep Beneath Rural Utah (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
19. Wood
Pellets Draw Fire as Alternative to Coal (Wall Street Journal)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
20. How
iFIBER Communications’ High-Speed Internet Can Help You Conquer the Heat (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21. The
Digital Divide: U.S. Senator Murray Discusses Technology Gaps in Rural
Communities (NCW Life News, East Wenatchee, WA)
22. Elizabeth
Warren Proposes ‘Public Option for Broadband’ (Mashable)
23. CEO:
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund May Be ‘Less Favorable to Frontier”’ Than CAF
Program Was (Telecompetitor)
24. Blackout
Ends: CBS Channels Restored to AT&T Outlets, Including DirecTV (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
25. Utilities
See Risks, Rewards in Cryptocurrency Power Demand (S&P Global)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
26. An
Electric Harley Loses the Growl but Still Aims to Turn Heads (NY Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
27. United
Nations Climate Report Foresees a Hungry Future (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
28. Are
You Team Oxford Comma or Not? (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
29. NASA’s
Curiosity Rover Stumbles Upon a Strangely Complicated Martian Rock (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
30. Director
of Alaska College Resigns Due to State Budget Cuts (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
31. Level
1-3 Evacuations in Place for Williams Flats Fire Burning over 34,000 Acres on Colville
Reservation (KHQ TV, Spokane, WA)
32. Missing
Mason County Woman Located (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
33. Angry
Driver Plows Through Construction Site Near Olympia, Injures Worker (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
34. Washington
State Troopers Sue Ford Over Carbon Monoxide (Associated Press)
35. Mason
County Awarded Loan to Extend Belfair Sewer (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
36. Shelton
Family Center Receives Homeless Youth Grant (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
37. Shelton’s
Wastewater Treatment Plant Receives Outstanding Performance Award from WA State
Department of Ecology (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Bacon Intern’ Will Make $1,000 for One Day of Eating Bacon
Crowds Gather to Mark 50th Anniversary of the Beatles’ Abbey
Road Album Photo
More Than 1,500 Gold Coins Stolen from Open Vault at Mexico’s
Mint
This Guy Green-Screens His Cat into Iconic TV, Movie &
Music Video Moments
SONG OF THE DAY
The Beatles – Abbey Road
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