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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
First Case of COVID-19 in Mason County (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Tacoma Public Utilities Approves $1 Million in Emergency
Funding to Help Low-Income Customers amid the Impacts of the Coronavirus (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Meetings on Future of Snake River Dams Now Teleconferences:
How to Access (Northwest Public Radio)
Facebook Bug Wrongly Deleted Authentic Coronavirus News
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Judge: Oregon Klamath Basin Water Regulators Exceeded
Authority (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Tacoma Public Utilities Approves $1 Million in
Emergency Funding to Help Low-Income Customers amid the Impacts of the
Coronavirus
2.
Clark County, Vancouver Utilities Halt Shutoffs
over Lack of Payment
3.
Grays Harbor PUD Board Passes Emergency
Resolution
4.
Pacific County PUD Offers Coronavirus Relief
5.
Wahkiakum PUD Closes Facilities to Customer
Access amid COVID-19 Concerns
6.
Worried About Bills? Here’s What Internet,
Utility Companies Are Doing to Help
7.
Utilities Face Pressure to Stop Shutting Off
Services amid Coronavirus Pandemic
8.
Utilities Keeping Customers Connected While
Coronavirus Fears Intensify
9.
Meetings on Future of Snake River Dams Now
Teleconferences: How to Access
10.
Have an Opinion on the Snake River Dams? It’s
Time to Share It
11.
Montana: Billings-Area Electric Co-Op Rates
Compare Well, at Average Usage, CEO Says
12.
Opinion: A Cautionary (Energy) Tale Unfolds in
Whatcom County
13.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Shows Dry Cask
Storage Is Safe – Yet Again
14.
Feds Add Boston-Area Boat Restrictions for Rare
Whale
15.
The FCC is Redlining Rural America
16.
Op/Ed: Our Internet Isn’t Ready for Coronavirus
17.
U.S. Government, Tech Industry Discussing Ways
to Use Smartphone Location Data to Combat Coronavirus
18.
Judge: Oregon Klamath Basin Water Regulators
Exceeded Authority
19.
Clark County Cannabis Sales Jump amid Virus
Uncertainty
20.
Facebook Bug Wrongly Deleted Authentic
Coronavirus News
21.
Inslee Signs Bill Package to Support Washington
State Effort Combating the COVID-19 Outbreak
22.
Gov. Inslee Seeks Major Disaster Declaration So
More Workers Can Get Unemployment
23.
Secretary of State Kim Wyman Asks Inslee to
Cancel April Special Elections over Coronavirus Concerns
24.
President Trump Invokes Wartime Authority for
Coronavirus Response
25.
U.S. Congress Races to Respond While Defying Ban
on Mass Gatherings
26.
Coronavirus: Rand Paul Holds Up U.S. Senate Vote
on Rescue Package with Doomed Amendment
27.
H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response
Act
28.
First Case of COVID-19 in Mason County
29.
Mason County COVID-19 Response Fund Created
30.
Surge of Coronavirus Patients Expected as
Officials Marshal Emergency Supplies, Health Workers Test Positive
31.
U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic
& Widespread Shortages
32.
New Seasons, Safeway & Albertsons Offering
Shopping Hours for ‘Vulnerable’ Groups
33.
Four Teleworking Myths (and How to Power On)
34.
A 5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Utah, Knocking
Out Power to Thousands
35.
US-Canada Border to Close amid Virus Crisis
36.
McMenamins to Temporarily Lay Off 3,000 Workers,
Close Most Locations
WORD OF THE DAY
Nonplus • \non-PLUSS\ • Verb - To cause to be at a loss as
to what to say, think, or do: perplex
The room dropped into immediate silence. It was that eerie
silence like when a busboy drops a tub of plates in a busy restaurant. The
esteemed doctor had adorned his hard, seamed face with a flinty grin, while
challenging any of the fresh-faced interns to stump him on any question. The
one question that left him nonplussed came from the fluffy, pink-faced
dermatologist in the back of the room: “What do you call that thing in the back
of your throat that hangs from the roof of your mouth?” (It’s the uvula; a
small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Tacoma Public Utilities Approves $1 Million in
Emergency Funding to Help Low-Income Customers amid the Impacts of the Coronavirus
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Clark County, Vancouver Utilities Halt Shutoffs over
Lack of Payment (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
3.
Grays Harbor PUD Board Passes Emergency
Resolution (Grays Harbor PUD, Aberdeen, WA)
4.
Pacific County PUD Offers Coronavirus Relief
(Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)
5.
Wahkiakum PUD Closes Facilities to Customer
Access amid COVID-19 Concerns (Wahkiakum Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)
6.
Worried About Bills? Here’s What Internet,
Utility Companies Are Doing to Help (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
7.
Utilities Face Pressure to Stop Shutting Off
Services amid Coronavirus Pandemic (Grist Online)
8.
Utilities Keeping Customers Connected While
Coronavirus Fears Intensify (Power Engineering Magazine)
9.
Meetings on Future of Snake River Dams Now
Teleconferences: How to Access (Northwest Public Radio)
10.
Have an Opinion on the Snake River Dams? It’s Time
to Share It (Tri-Cities Journal Of Business, WA)
11.
Montana: Billings-Area Electric Co-Op Rates
Compare Well, at Average Usage, CEO Says (KTVH, Helena MT)
12.
Opinion: A Cautionary (Energy) Tale Unfolds in Whatcom
County (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
13.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Shows Dry Cask
Storage Is Safe – Yet Again (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14.
Feds Add Boston-Area Boat Restrictions for Rare
Whale “…a federal offense to come within 500 feet of a right whale…” (Courthouse
News Service)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15.
The FCC is Redlining Rural America “…broadband
usage & speeds in urban America is growing by leaps & bounds while
broadband in rural America sits still…” (Pots & Pans)
16.
Op/Ed: Our Internet Isn’t Ready for Coronavirus
(NY Times)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
17.
U.S. Government, Tech Industry Discussing Ways to
Use Smartphone Location Data to Combat Coronavirus (Washington Post)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
18.
Judge: Oregon Klamath Basin Water Regulators
Exceeded Authority (Associated Press)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
19.
Clark County Cannabis Sales Jump amid Virus
Uncertainty (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
https://pcdn.columbian.com/news/2020/mar/18/clark-county-cannabis-sales-jump-amid-virus-uncertainty/
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
20.
Facebook Bug Wrongly Deleted Authentic
Coronavirus News (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21.
Inslee Signs Bill Package to Support Washington State
Effort Combating the COVID-19 Outbreak (Medium, Governor Jay Inslee)
22.
Gov. Inslee Seeks Major Disaster Declaration So
More Workers Can Get Unemployment (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23.
Secretary of State Kim Wyman Asks Inslee to Cancel
April Special Elections over Coronavirus Concerns (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
24.
President Trump Invokes Wartime Authority for
Coronavirus Response (Oregonian, Portland)
25.
U.S. Congress Races to Respond While Defying Ban
on Mass Gatherings (NY Times)
26.
Coronavirus: Rand Paul Holds Up U.S. Senate Vote
on Rescue Package with Doomed Amendment (Yahoo News)
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-rand-paul-holds-senate-103200295.html
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-rand-paul-holds-senate-103200295.html
27.
H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response
Act (Congress.Gov)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
28.
First Case of COVID-19 in Mason County (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
29.
Mason County COVID-19 Response Fund Created (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
30.
Surge of Coronavirus Patients Expected as Officials
Marshal Emergency Supplies, Health Workers Test Positive (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
31.
U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic &
Widespread Shortages (NY Times)
32.
New Seasons, Safeway & Albertsons Offering
Shopping Hours for ‘Vulnerable’ Groups (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
33.
Four Teleworking Myths (and How to Power On)
(Pioneer Utility Resources)
GENERAL NEWS
34.
A 5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Utah, Knocking
Out Power to Thousands (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
35.
US-Canada Border to Close amid Virus Crisis (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
36.
McMenamins to Temporarily Lay Off 3,000 Workers,
Close Most Locations (Portland Business Journal, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
People Are Being Encouraged to Put up Christmas Lights to
Spread Cheer While They’re Social Distancing
Russell Wilson, Ciara Pledge a Million Meals to Food
Lifeline amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Gaming Usage Up 75 Percent amid Coronavirus Outbreak,
Verizon Reports
New Mexico Man Says He Unknowingly Stole TVs While Drunk
SONG OF THE DAY
Journey – Lights
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