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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Olympic Mountain Snowpack at 55 Percent of Normal (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Lots of Public Comment at Contentious Douglas PUD
Cryptocurrency Rate Meeting (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Private Investors Take Interest in Open-Access Fiber
Networks (Broadband Communities)
West Coast Bottom-Trawling Fisheries Record Rare
Environmental Victory (Courthouse News Service)
Ghost Papers & News Deserts: Will America Ever Get Its
Local News Back? (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Lots of Public Comment at Contentious Douglas
PUD Cryptocurrency Rate Meeting
2.
Snake River Dams Focus of Federal Lawsuit
Ruling, Draft State Report
3.
Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Promises
‘Shorter, Fewer’ Shut-Offs Continuing the Next Five Years
4.
Montana: Ravalli Electric Cooperative Opens New
Headquarters
5.
Editorial: Congress Gets It Right on Electric
Co-Ops
6.
West Coast Bottom-Trawling Fisheries Record Rare
Environmental Victory
7.
Oregon Conservation Group Collects Christmas
Trees for Salmon Habitat
8.
Olympic Mountain Snowpack at 55 Percent of
Normal
9.
Buy, Lease or Subscribe to Add Solar Panels to
Your Home
10.
America’s Utilities Are on a Borrowing Spree.
Renewable Energy Is Benefiting
11.
Private Investors Take Interest in Open-Access
Fiber Networks
12.
Federal Legislation to Improve Broadband Data
Maps Passes House
13.
California Is Rewriting the Rules of the
Internet. Businesses Are Scrambling to Keep Up
14.
What Happens When the Internet Gets Less
American?
15.
Grant PUD to Add Electric Vehicle Charging
Stations
16.
Lime to Pull E-Bikes from Seattle, Bring Them
Back with Scooters in Spring
17.
Ghost Papers & News Deserts: Will America
Ever Get Its Local News Back?
18.
Tim Sheldon, Washington State’s Current
Longest-Serving Lawmaker, Calls for Term Limits on Governor
19.
Paid Family Leave, Stricter Car Seat Rules Among
New Washington State Laws Taking Effect Jan. 1
20.
Bad Weather Means Bad Year for Potato Harvest
21.
Timberland Libraries to End Late Fees Starting
in 2020
22.
In Hopes of Ending Enrollment Woes, The
Evergreen State College is Overhauling Its Academic Programs
23.
Notre Dame Rector: Fragile Cathedral Might Not
Be Saved
WORD OF THE DAY
Navel-gazing • \NAY-vul-GAY-zing\ • noun - Useless or
excessive self-contemplation
“I wonder if lint collects there,” mused the Bhudda-like
hermit to himself as he began yet another day of navel-gazing in his life-long
quest into the meaning of life, the universe & everything…including where
missing socks in the laundry go…
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Lots of Public Comment at Contentious Douglas
PUD Cryptocurrency Rate Meeting (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
2.
Snake River Dams Focus of Federal Lawsuit
Ruling, Draft State Report (Longview Daily News, WA)
3.
Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Promises ‘Shorter,
Fewer’ Shut-Offs Continuing the Next Five Years (Utility Dive)
4.
Montana: Ravalli Electric Cooperative Opens New
Headquarters (KLYQ-Radio, Hamilton, MT)
5.
Editorial: Congress Gets It Right on Electric Co-Ops
(Baker City Herald, Or)
FISH & WILDLIFE
6.
West Coast Bottom-Trawling Fisheries Record Rare
Environmental Victory (Courthouse News Service)
7.
Oregon Conservation Group Collects Christmas
Trees for Salmon Habitat (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
8.
Olympic Mountain Snowpack at 55 Percent of Normal
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
9.
Buy, Lease or Subscribe to Add Solar Panels to Your
Home (Associated Press)
10.
America’s Utilities Are on a Borrowing Spree. Renewable
Energy Is Benefiting (Los Angeles Times, CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11.
Private Investors Take Interest in Open-Access
Fiber Networks (Broadband Communities)
12.
Federal Legislation to Improve Broadband Data
Maps Passes House (Broadband Communities)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
13.
California Is Rewriting the Rules of the Internet.
Businesses Are Scrambling to Keep Up (Los Angeles Times, CA)
14.
What Happens When the Internet Gets Less
American? (Bloomberg News)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
15.
Grant PUD to Add Electric Vehicle Charging
Stations (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
16.
Lime to Pull E-Bikes from Seattle, Bring Them
Back with Scooters in Spring (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
17.
Ghost Papers & News Deserts: Will America Ever
Get Its Local News Back? (Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
18.
Tim Sheldon, Washington State’s Current
Longest-Serving Lawmaker, Calls for Term Limits on Governor (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
19.
Paid Family Leave, Stricter Car Seat Rules Among
New Washington State Laws Taking Effect Jan. 1 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
20.
Bad Weather Means Bad Year for Potato Harvest (Associated
Press)
21.
Timberland Libraries to End Late Fees Starting
in 2020 (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
22.
In Hopes of Ending Enrollment Woes, The
Evergreen State College is Overhauling Its Academic Programs (Seattle Times, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
23.
Notre Dame Rector: Fragile Cathedral Might Not
Be Saved (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
2020 Leap Year Lines Up Multiple Holidays Perfectly on
Weekend Dates
36 Corvettes, Hidden for Years in a Garage, Will Be Given
Away
Tutu Revolt - French Ballet Dancers Mount Artful Protest
Police Sprinting Champ Nabs Spanish Bag Snatchers
SONG OF THE DAY
Tchaikovsky – Dance of the Swans (Swan Lake)
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