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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Klickitat County Wind-Water Power Project on Columbia River
Moving Forward (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Kittitas County: Solar Panel Proposal Faces Opposition in
Washington State (Christian Science Monitor)
Your Money’s Being Wasted, Newhouse Says as He Visits
Mid-Columbia Dams (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help in String of Copper
Thefts from County Grays Harbor PUD Substations (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Broadband Provider NoaNet Eyes Astoria & Warrenton
Market (Daily Astorian, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help in String
of Copper Thefts from County Grays Harbor PUD Substations
2.
Energy Northwest Tops U-S Muni Bond Sales May 9
3.
Hugh Haffner, Clallam PUD Board Member to Resign
in July
4.
Mason PUD 1 Takes Home Communications Awards
5.
California’s Power Grid Is Changing Fast, &
‘We Don’t Have a Plan’
6.
Columnist: Big Utilities Are Desperately Trying
to Stick Customers for the Bills from California Wildfires
7.
How Storms, Missteps & an Ailing Grid Left
Puerto Rico in the Dark
8.
Your Money’s Being Wasted, Newhouse Says as He
Visits Mid-Columbia Dams
9.
Columnist: The Media’s Different Takes on a Dam
Bill
10.
Op/Ed: Dam Study Reveals Raft of Benefits
11.
Lewis County to Seek New Cowlitz River
Mitigation Contract with Tacoma Power
12.
Why Is the Priest Rapids Dam Leaking? Officials
Think They Know.
13.
British Columbia: Retiree Undaunted By Steep
Odds against His Petition to Stop Peace River Dam
14.
Drop in Klamath River Flows Leads to Fish
Die-Off
15.
Invasive Bat-Eating Fish Threatens Washington
Salmon Future
16.
National Park Service Releases Final Goat
Management Plan for Olympic National Park
17.
Klickitat County Wind-Water Power Project on
Columbia River Moving Forward
18.
Kittitas County: Solar Panel Proposal Faces
Opposition in Washington State
19.
Energy Sprawl Threatens Kittitas County Tourism
20.
Offshore Wind Farms Coming to California – The
Navy Says No to Large Sections of the Coast
21.
Florida Public Power Utilities Unveil Major
Solar Project
22.
Broadband Provider NoaNet Eyes Astoria &
Warrenton Market
23.
Officials, Residents Grapple with Lack of Broadband
in Rural Lewis County
24.
Lamb Weston Receives Funds for Energy-Saving
Project
25.
Development Fees Pay for Hood Canal Preserves
26.
This One Stretch of River Could Decide the
Future of Shasta Dam
27.
EPA’s Climate Change Website Went down a Year
Ago for ‘Updating.’ It’s Still Not Back.
28.
Kennewick Radio Station Raises over $1 Million
to Pay Off Medical Debt
29.
Are You Overusing Exclamation Marks In Work
Emails?
30.
NASA Spacecraft Will Have Company All the Way to
Mars
31.
Republicans Cheer President Trump as
Attacker-In-Chief — But Will It Work in Montana?
32.
Al Swift: Lessons from a Washington State
Politician Who Got Things Done in Congress
33.
Kitsap, Mason Deputies Capture Fleeing Motorist
on SR 3 in Belfair
34.
Nestlé Just Scored the Rights to Sell Starbucks
Products Globally in a $7.15 Billion Deal
35.
Some Hawaii Residents Warned to ‘Go Now’ as
Eruptions Spread
36.
Northwest Tribes Bringing Traditional Wildfires
Back to Their Lands
37.
As Cowlitz Tribe’s Ilani Marks First
Anniversary, Cities Say Growth a Sure Bet
38.
Shelton Baseball Heading to District Semi-Finals
WORD OF THE DAY
Immure • \im-YUR\ • Verb - 1a: To enclose within or as if
within walls b: imprison 2: to build into a wall; especially: to entomb in a
wall
Inure • \inn-YUR\ • Verb - To accustom to accept something
undesirable
Derwood realized after the first bomb fell that he would be
immured in his plush, underground fallout shelter for the foreseeable future.
He also recognized that he would become inured to a long-term diet of pork and
beans…you know, the ones with the little square of pork fat. Yum!
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help in String
of Copper Thefts from County Grays Harbor PUD Substations (Aberdeen Daily World,
WA)
2.
Energy Northwest Tops U-S Muni Bond Sales May 9
(Reuters)
3.
Hugh Haffner, Clallam PUD Board Member to Resign
in July (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
4.
Mason PUD 1 Takes Home Communications Awards
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
5.
California’s Power Grid Is Changing Fast, & ‘We
Don’t Have a Plan’ (SF Chronicle)
6.
Columnist: Big Utilities Are Desperately Trying
to Stick Customers for the Bills from California Wildfires (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
7.
How Storms, Missteps & an Ailing Grid Left
Puerto Rico in the Dark (NY Times)
DAMMED IF YOU DO, DAMMED IF YOU DON’T
8.
Your Money’s Being Wasted, Newhouse Says as He
Visits Mid-Columbia Dams (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
9.
Columnist: The Media’s Different Takes on a Dam
Bill (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
10. Op/Ed:
Dam Study Reveals Raft of Benefits (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
11. Lewis
County to Seek New Cowlitz River Mitigation Contract with Tacoma Power (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
12. Why
Is the Priest Rapids Dam Leaking? Officials Think They Know. (Yakima Herald
Republic, WA)
13. British
Columbia: Retiree Undaunted By Steep Odds against His Petition to Stop Peace
River Dam (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14. Drop
in Klamath River Flows Leads to Fish Die-Off (Oregonian, Portland)
15. Invasive
Bat-Eating Fish Threatens Washington Salmon Future (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
16. National
Park Service Releases Final Goat Management Plan for Olympic National Park
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
17. Klickitat
County Wind-Water Power Project on Columbia River Moving Forward (Yakima Herald
Republic, WA)
18. Kittitas
County: Solar Panel Proposal Faces Opposition in Washington State (Christian
Science Monitor)
19. Energy
Sprawl Threatens Kittitas County Tourism (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
20. Offshore
Wind Farms Coming to California – The Navy Says No to Large Sections of the
Coast (San Diego Union-Tribune, Ca)
21. Florida
Public Power Utilities Unveil Major Solar Project (American Public Power
Association)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
22. Broadband
Provider NoaNet Eyes Astoria & Warrenton Market (Daily Astorian, OR)
Officials, Residents Grapple with Lack of Broadband in Rural
Lewis County (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
24. Lamb
Weston Receives Funds for Energy-Saving Project (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
25. Development
Fees Pay for Hood Canal Preserves (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2018/05/06/development-fees-pay-hood-canal-preserves/581608002/
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
26. This
One Stretch of River Could Decide the Future of Shasta Dam (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
27. EPA’s
Climate Change Website Went down a Year Ago for ‘Updating.’ It’s Still Not
Back. (Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
28. Kennewick
Radio Station Raises over $1 Million to Pay Off Medical Debt (KNDO/KNDU,-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/38118304/local-radio-station-raises-over-1m-to-pay-off-medical-debt
29. Are
You Overusing Exclamation Marks In Work Emails? (Fast Company)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
30. NASA
Spacecraft Will Have Company All the Way to Mars (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
31. Republicans
Cheer President Trump as Attacker-In-Chief — But Will It Work in Montana?
(Washington Post)
32. Al
Swift: Lessons from a Washington State Politician Who Got Things Done in Congress
(Crosscut Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
33. Kitsap,
Mason Deputies Capture Fleeing Motorist on SR 3 in Belfair (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
34. Nestlé
Just Scored the Rights to Sell Starbucks Products Globally in a $7.15 Billion
Deal (AdWeek)
35. Some
Hawaii Residents Warned to ‘Go Now’ as Eruptions Spread (Reuters)
36. Northwest
Tribes Bringing Traditional Wildfires Back to Their Lands (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
37. As
Cowlitz Tribe’s Ilani Marks First Anniversary, Cities Say Growth a Sure Bet
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
38. Shelton
Baseball Heading to District Semi-Finals (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE – DIVERSIONS
Ken Jeong Jumps Off Stage to Help Woman Having Seizure
during His Stand-Up Set
Colorado Woman Cited after Microwave Blows Up Urine Sample
Girl Survives 5-Story Fall after Landing in Fresh Mulch
Wisconsin Man Devours Record 30,000th Big Mac
SONG OF THE DAY
Jackson Browne - Load Out/Stay
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