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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Victims Blast Pacific Gas & Electric Bankruptcy Plan,
Citing Fire Risk & Payout Concerns (Utility Dive)
South Carolina: Senior Exec Will Plead Guilty to Fraud in
Abandoned Nuclear Project (Power Magazine)
Disconnected in Isolation: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shed
Light on the Digital Divide (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Chehalis Tribe Opposes Proposed Chehalis River Dam (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
Eulogy – Statement from the City of Shelton on the Death of
Former Mayor Joyce Jaros (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Victims Blast Pacific Gas & Electric
Bankruptcy Plan, Citing Fire Risk & Payout Concerns
2.
South Carolina: Senior Exec Will Plead Guilty to
Fraud in Abandoned Nuclear Project
3.
Pacific Gas & Electric Moving Headquarters
to Oakland, Ending Close Ties to San Francisco Since Gold Rush
4.
Georgia Vogtle Nuclear Report: More Delays, $1
Billion in Extra Costs, Flaws
5.
Hay Harvest + Wildfire Season = Sticky Situation
for Utilities
6.
APPA Awards – I See Many Pacific Northwest
Honorees Here
7.
Cities Struggle to Pay to Fix Sewage Overflow
That Ends Up in Waterways
8.
Conservation Bill Clears One Senate Hurdle; More
Remain
9.
Chehalis Tribe Opposes Proposed Chehalis River
Dam
10.
Disconnected in Isolation: How the Coronavirus
Pandemic Shed Light on the Digital Divide
11.
Twitter Is Trying to Crack Down on 5G Conspiracy
Theories
12.
Almost 15 Percent of Idaho Students Lack Access
to Broadband, State Survey Says
13.
House Bill Includes Electric Vehicle Charging
Infrastructure Grant Program Supported by APPA
14.
Ground-Penetrating Radar Reveals Entire Ancient
Roman City
15.
Following Messy Start, Enormous Paycheck
Protection Program Shows Signs of Buttressing Economy
16.
Yakima County Has Nearly 5,000 COVID-19 Cases
17.
Kids in Navajo Nation Have Limited Internet
Access & No School Because of the Coronavirus. A Woman Sent Them 1,500
Books.
18.
Eulogy – Statement from the City of Shelton on
the Death of Former Mayor Joyce Jaros
19.
New Board Members Bring Passion & Diverse
Perspectives to South Sound YMCA
20.
Evergreen Proposes to Change Its Name to
Evergreen State University
21.
73,000 Signature Petition Calls for Takedown of
Landmark Lewis County Uncle Sam Billboard
WORD OF THE DAY
Compunction • \kum-PUNK-shun\ • Noun - 1a: anxiety arising
from awareness of guilt b: distress of mind over an anticipated action or
result 2: a twinge of misgiving: scruple
The dense, dusky silence of the early morning office
environment provided the perfect cover for Bosworth’s nefarious activity.
Stealing into the break room, the jittery janitor drained the newly made pot of
coffee of each caffeinated drop, the carafe making only the slightest tinkling
sound as he sat it back on the burner. Did he have any guilt, compunction,
hesitation? No, for the voices in his head told him it was OK.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Victims Blast Pacific Gas & Electric Bankruptcy
Plan, Citing Fire Risk & Payout Concerns (Utility Dive)
2.
South Carolina: Senior Exec Will Plead Guilty to
Fraud in Abandoned Nuclear Project (Power Magazine)
3.
Pacific Gas & Electric Moving Headquarters to
Oakland, Ending Close Ties to San Francisco Since Gold Rush (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
4.
Georgia Vogtle Nuclear Report: More Delays, $1 Billion
in Extra Costs, Flaws (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, GA)
5.
Hay Harvest + Wildfire Season = Sticky Situation
for Utilities (Bonneville Power Administration – PDF File)
6.
APPA Awards – I See Many Pacific Northwest
Honorees Here (American Public Power Association)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
7.
Cities Struggle to Pay to Fix Sewage Overflow
That Ends Up in Waterways (National Public Radio)
8.
Conservation Bill Clears One Senate Hurdle; More
Remain (Roll Call)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
9.
Chehalis Tribe Opposes Proposed Chehalis River Dam
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11.
Twitter Is Trying to Crack Down on 5G Conspiracy
Theories (Gizmodo)
12.
Almost 15 Percent of Idaho Students Lack Access to
Broadband, State Survey Says (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
13.
House Bill Includes Electric Vehicle Charging
Infrastructure Grant Program Supported by APPA (American Public Power
Association)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
14.
Ground-Penetrating Radar Reveals Entire Ancient
Roman City (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
15.
Following Messy Start, Enormous Paycheck
Protection Program Shows Signs of Buttressing Economy (Washington Post)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
16.
Yakima County Has Nearly 5,000 COVID-19 Cases (Associated
Press)
17.
Kids in Navajo Nation Have Limited Internet Access
& No School Because of the Coronavirus. A Woman Sent Them 1,500 Books. (Washington
Post)
GENERAL NEWS
18.
Eulogy – Statement from the City of Shelton on the
Death of Former Mayor Joyce Jaros (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
19.
New Board Members Bring Passion & Diverse
Perspectives to South Sound YMCA (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
20.
Evergreen Proposes to Change Its Name to Evergreen
State University (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21.
73,000 Signature Petition Calls for Takedown of
Landmark Lewis County Uncle Sam Billboard (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Bonnie Pointer of the Pointer Sisters Dead at 69
Mississippi Governor Is Pranked in Shout-Out to High School
Grads (PG-13 Language)
NASA Astronaut from Historic Spacewalk Becomes First Woman to
Reach Deepest Point in Ocean
Gin Bottles Containing Hand Sanitizer Sold to Public in
Coronavirus Mix-Up
SONG OF THE DAY
The Pointer Sisters – Jump
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