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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Amid COVID-19 School Closures, Some Students Stranded in
Digital Desert – Mason PUD 3 Works to Help (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Oregon Insight: Electricity Demand Up Even as the Economy
Goes Down (Oregonian, Portland)
Salmon, Dams Study Comment Period Nears End – Critics Say
Coronavirus Stay-Home Orders Interfered with Proper Feedback (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
Feds Looking at Protections for Spring-Run Chinook Salmon in
Oregon (Courthouse News Service)
Mason Is Number Three – Coronavirus Flight: As the Affluent
Head to Washington Vacation Homes, Some Year-Rounders Worry (Seattle Times, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Oregon Insight: Electricity Demand Up Even as
the Economy Goes Down
2.
Salmon, Dams Study Comment Period Nears End –
Critics Say Coronavirus Stay-Home Orders Interfered with Proper Feedback
3.
Op/Ed: Don’t Ditch Columbia River Treaty; Renew,
Improve It
4.
Editorial: Fix Seattle City Light’s Systematic
Failure
5.
Op/Ed: Snohomish PUD Keeping Lights on ‘til
‘Storm’ Passes
6.
Ravalli Electric Cooperative Electrifies Village
in Bolivia
7.
Ethiopia to Press Ahead with Africa’s Biggest
Hydropower Dam on Nile Tributary
8.
Feds Looking at Protections for Spring-Run
Chinook Salmon in Oregon
9.
Washington Salmon Seasons Tentatively Set for
2020-21
10.
Canada: Grey Whale Research Halted Due to
COVID-19 Concerns
11.
Wildlife Is Reclaiming Yosemite National Park:
‘The Bear Population Has Quadrupled’
12.
Amid COVID-19 School Closures, Some Students
Stranded in Digital Desert – Mason PUD 3 Works to Help
13.
Report: ‘American Dream’ Distant for Teens
Without Broadband
14.
Trump Administration Moves Against Chinese
Telecom Firms Citing National Security
15.
You’ve Heard of 5G. Now Meet Wi-Fi 6.
16.
A Washington State Tribe’s Uphill Battle Against
Climate Change
17.
New Emoji Will Arrive Six Months Late Due to the
Coronavirus Pandemic
18.
Coronavirus Updates: Washington State Passes
10,400 Cases, 500 Deaths
19.
Elected Officials, Construction Industry Want
Gov. Inslee to Classify Washington State Home Building as ‘Essential’
20.
California, Oregon & Washington to Work on a
Post-Lockdown Recovery Plan
21.
President Trump Says He’ll Decide on Easing
Guidelines, Not Governors
22.
Washington State to Release Up to 950 Nonviolent
Offenders Early in Response to COVID-19
23.
White House Rejects Bailout for U.S. Postal
Service Battered by Coronavirus
24.
Mason Is Number Three – Coronavirus Flight: As
the Affluent Head to Washington Vacation Homes, Some Year-Rounders Worry
25.
Visitors Steal Away to British Columbia’s Small
Towns, Even as Locals Beg Them to Stay Home
26.
Washington State to Lose Billions in Revenue
from COVID-19 Closures
27.
Boeing’s Problems Predate the Virus. Should the
U.S. Come to Its Rescue?
28.
Longtime NFL QB Tarvaris Jackson Dies in Car
Crash
WORD OF THE DAY – PLAYING FAST & LOOSE WITH MOVIE
QUOTES EDITION
Hypnagogic /hip-nuh-GAW-jick/ Adjective – Of, relating to,
or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep
“You know that hypnagogic place between awake and sleep,
that place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love
you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.” Well, almost the direct quote of
Tinkerbell, from the movie “Hook”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Oregon Insight: Electricity Demand Up Even as
the Economy Goes Down (Oregonian, Portland)
2.
Salmon, Dams Study Comment Period Nears End – Critics
Say Coronavirus Stay-Home Orders Interfered with Proper Feedback
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
3.
Op/Ed: Don’t Ditch Columbia River Treaty; Renew,
Improve It (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
4.
Editorial: Fix Seattle City Light’s Systematic
Failure (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
5.
Op/Ed: Snohomish PUD Keeping Lights on ‘til ‘Storm’
Passes (Everett Herald, WA)
7.
Ethiopia to Press Ahead with Africa’s Biggest
Hydropower Dam on Nile Tributary (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Washington Salmon Seasons Tentatively Set for 2020-21
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
10.
Canada: Grey Whale Research Halted Due to
COVID-19 Concerns (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
11.
Wildlife Is Reclaiming Yosemite National Park: ‘The
Bear Population Has Quadrupled’ (Los Angeles Times, CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12.
Amid COVID-19 School Closures, Some Students
Stranded in Digital Desert – Mason PUD 3 Works to Help (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
13.
Report: ‘American Dream’ Distant for Teens
Without Broadband (Government Technology)
14.
Trump Administration Moves Against Chinese
Telecom Firms Citing National Security (Washington Post)
15.
You’ve Heard of 5G. Now Meet Wi-Fi 6. (Bloomberg
News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16.
A Washington State Tribe’s Uphill Battle Against
Climate Change (Reuters)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
17.
New Emoji Will Arrive Six Months Late Due to the
Coronavirus Pandemic (USA Today)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
18.
Coronavirus Updates: Washington State Passes
10,400 Cases, 500 Deaths (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
19.
Elected Officials, Construction Industry Want Gov.
Inslee to Classify Washington State Home Building as ‘Essential’ (Northwest
News Network)
20.
California, Oregon & Washington to Work on a
Post-Lockdown Recovery Plan (Los Angeles Times, CA)
21.
President Trump Says He’ll Decide on Easing
Guidelines, Not Governors (Associated Press)
22.
Washington State to Release Up to 950 Nonviolent
Offenders Early in Response to COVID-19 (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23.
White House Rejects Bailout for U.S. Postal
Service Battered by Coronavirus (Washington Post)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
24.
Mason Is Number Three – Coronavirus Flight: As
the Affluent Head to Washington Vacation Homes, Some Year-Rounders Worry
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
25.
Visitors Steal Away to British Columbia’s Small
Towns, Even as Locals Beg Them to Stay Home (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
26.
Washington State to Lose Billions in Revenue from
COVID-19 Closures (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/2020/apr/12/state-to-lose-billions-in-revenue-from-covid-2/
GENERAL NEWS
27.
Boeing’s Problems Predate the Virus. Should the
U.S. Come to Its Rescue? (NY Times)
28.
Longtime NFL QB Tarvaris Jackson Dies in Car
Crash (Yahoo Sports)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Walmart CEO Says We’re in the ‘Hair Color’ Phase of Panic
Buying
COVID-19 Protection: Put Origami on Your Face?
Visitors Seeking ‘Essential’ Drinks Face $7,000 in Lockdown
Fines, California Cops Say
Russians Decorate Isolation by Recreating Artworks
SONG OF THE DAY
Crosby, Stills, and Nash – Wasted on the Way
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