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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mount St. Helens Eruption: Witnesses Recall Terror, Awe When
Mountain Exploded 40 Years Ago (Oregonian, Portland)
Shrinking Fossil Fuel Demand Could Hit California’s
Cap-&-Trade Auction, Experts Say (Utility Dive)
Irrigation Districts, Grant PUD in Discussion Over Rate
Proposal (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/2020/may/17/irrigation-districts-grant-pud-in-discussion-2/
Indiana Utilities Petition to Raise Rates to Offset Lost
Revenue During Coronavirus Crisis (Anderson Herald Bulletin, IN)
Idaho Officials Close Chinook Season on the Clearwater Due
to Near-Record Low Returns (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Irrigation Districts, Grant PUD in Discussion
Over Rate Proposal
2.
Indiana Utilities Petition to Raise Rates to
Offset Lost Revenue During Coronavirus Crisis
3.
The Risk to Beneficial Electrification:
Residential Demand Charges
4.
Annual Celebration of Outstanding Team Members a
Virtual Hit
5.
Idaho Officials Close Chinook Season on the
Clearwater Due to Near-Record Low Returns
6.
Industry Veteran Calls for Plan to Save
Endangered Orcas That Doesn’t Target Alaska’s Chinook Fishermen
7.
PNNL Fish Scientists Are Getting an Earful from
This Research
8.
Fishing Boat Returns with Tons of Tuna, But
There’s No Restaurant Market — So They’re Selling to the Public
9.
Trump Admin Slaps Solar, Wind Operators with
Retroactive Rent Bills
10.
Solar Energy Industry Hit Hard by Job Losses
11.
Energy Adviser: Track Energy Usage & Save
12.
Uncertain Times Fueling a Shift in State
Broadband Efforts
13.
Cheap & Fast Municipal ISPs are Blocked in
Almost Half of the U.S.
14.
Enough is Enough – CenturyLink Petitioned the
FCC to Allow Them to Be Late in Implementing $11 Billion Upgrades
15.
Klamath River Rural Broadband Initiative Scores
Major Funding
16.
USDA ReConnect Round 1 Comes to a Close Awarding
a Total $744 Million, on to Round 2
17.
Shrinking Fossil Fuel Demand Could Hit
California’s Cap-&-Trade Auction, Experts Say
18.
California’s Budget Cuts Include Canceling
Billions in Climate Change Spending
19.
Amid Widespread Woes, The Chronicle Is Also in a
Fight for Survival
20.
Mount St. Helens Eruption: Witnesses Recall
Terror, Awe When Mountain Exploded 40 Years Ago
21.
40 Years Later, Mount St. Helens Eruption
Remains an Indelible Memory
22.
40 Years After Mount St. Helens, Sounds of Past
Government Response Echo Today
23.
You Could Be the Citizen Scientist the World
Needs Right Now
24.
2020 Mason County Elections Set
25.
Primary Election Field Set for Statewide Races
& Hotly Contested Congressional District
26.
Unemployment Fraud Scheme Linked to Nigerian
Fraud Ring
27.
Heck Initiatives Included in U.S. House-Passed
Stimulus Package
28.
Don’t Let Fraudster Rats Take Your Identity
& Money; Here’s a Guide to Popular Scams
29.
Coronavirus Updates: Washington State Reaches
18,433 Cases
30.
Two More COVID-19 Cases in Mason County
31.
Whitman County Ninth County Approved for Phase 2
Reopening
32.
Drive-Ins & FM Radio: How Kitsap Churches
Are Worshipping Together Again
WORD OF THE DAY
Dyspepsia • \diss-PEP-see-uh\ • Noun - 1: indigestion 2: ill
humor: disgruntlement
The sourness that antacids will not kill. Jed’s dyspepsia was
well known throughout the small mountain town. Residents would cross the street
to avoid exposure to the blast of his ill-will.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Irrigation Districts, Grant PUD in Discussion
Over Rate Proposal (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/2020/may/17/irrigation-districts-grant-pud-in-discussion-2/
2.
Indiana Utilities Petition to Raise Rates to Offset
Lost Revenue During Coronavirus Crisis (Anderson Herald Bulletin, IN)
3.
The Risk to Beneficial Electrification:
Residential Demand Charges (Utility Dive)
4.
Annual Celebration of Outstanding Team Members a
Virtual Hit (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
5.
Idaho Officials Close Chinook Season on the Clearwater
Due to Near-Record Low Returns (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
6.
Industry Veteran Calls for Plan to Save
Endangered Orcas That Doesn’t Target Alaska’s Chinook Fishermen (Seafood Source)
7.
PNNL Fish Scientists Are Getting an Earful from This
Research (Tri-City Herald, WA)
8.
Fishing Boat Returns with Tons of Tuna, But
There’s No Restaurant Market — So They’re Selling to the Public (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
Solar Energy Industry Hit Hard by Job Losses (Courthouse
News Service)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
11.
Energy Adviser: Track Energy Usage & Save (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12.
Uncertain Times Fueling a Shift in State
Broadband Efforts (Government Technology)
13.
Cheap & Fast Municipal ISPs are Blocked in
Almost Half of the U.S. (PC Magazine)
14.
Enough is Enough – CenturyLink Petitioned the FCC
to Allow Them to Be Late in Implementing $11 Billion Upgrades (Pots & Pans)
15.
Klamath River Rural Broadband Initiative Scores
Major Funding (North Coast Journal, CA)
16.
USDA ReConnect Round 1 Comes to a Close Awarding
a Total $744 Million, on to Round 2 (Telecompetitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17.
Shrinking Fossil Fuel Demand Could Hit California’s
Cap-&-Trade Auction, Experts Say (Utility Dive)
18.
California’s Budget Cuts Include Canceling
Billions in Climate Change Spending (KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19.
Amid Widespread Woes, The Chronicle Is Also in a
Fight for Survival (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20.
Mount St. Helens Eruption: Witnesses Recall
Terror, Awe When Mountain Exploded 40 Years Ago (Oregonian, Portland)
21.
40 Years Later, Mount St. Helens Eruption
Remains an Indelible Memory (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
22.
40 Years After Mount St. Helens, Sounds of Past
Government Response Echo Today (Northwest News Network)
23.
You Could Be the Citizen Scientist the World
Needs Right Now – From bird counts to COVID-19 testing, you can help researchers
collect critical data from home. (Crosscut Seattle)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24.
2020 Mason County Elections Set (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
25.
Primary Election Field Set for Statewide Races &
Hotly Contested Congressional District (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
26.
Unemployment Fraud Scheme Linked to Nigerian Fraud
Ring (KGMI Radio, Bellingham, WA)
27.
Heck Initiatives Included in U.S. House-Passed
Stimulus Package (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
28.
Don’t Let Fraudster Rats Take Your Identity &
Money; Here’s a Guide to Popular Scams (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
29.
Coronavirus Updates: Washington State Reaches
18,433 Cases; Sounders FC to Begin Individual Workouts (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
30.
Two More COVID-19 Cases in Mason County (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
31.
Whitman County Ninth County Approved for Phase 2
Reopening (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
32.
Drive-Ins & FM Radio: How Kitsap Churches
Are Worshipping Together Again (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Leave It to Beaver’ Actor Ken Osmond, Known for Role as Eddie
Haskell, Dies at 76
Fowl Play! Angry Goose Terrorizes Woman – Even Flies into
Car to Attack Her When Driver Comes to the Rescue
A First-Grader Set Up a Booth to Tell Passersby All the Jokes
He Knows. He Became a Mini Internet Celebrity.
Q: Are They Not Hats? A: They Are Devo Face Shields
SONG OF THE DAY
DEVO – Whip It
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