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Posted by David Haviland
on June 18, 2013 at 4:24 am (214 social interactions)
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MONTESANO, Wash. - The City of Montesano yesterday terminated the employment of Public Works Lead Russ Burke over allegations involving missing paint for striping city streets, and Mr Burke's street striping business. A press release from the city said that Detective Sergeant Shane Krohn with the Hoquiam Police investigated the matter for the prosecuting attorney’s office, criminal charges were declined earlier this month. An outside investigation supported findings that under Mr Burke the city lost hundreds of gallons of paint, surplused a $6,000 paint sprayer for $25.00 to an employee of Mr Burke's, and hired some of Mr Burke's own employees to run errands for his business. The Notice of Termination letter also cites repeated attempts to dodge investigators, and says that the investigation is suspended. Burke was entering his 16th week on paid administrative leave, and has filed a $400,000 claim for damages against the city.
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Posted by David Haviland
on June 17, 2013 at 9:50 am (1529 social interactions)
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UPDATE: Detectives determine second possible drowning victim hadn't gone fishing. OCEAN SHORES, Wash. - A second possible drowning victim has been found alive and well in Federal Way, after it was thought that the man disappeared along with a 65 year old Federal Way man whos body was discovered Sunday afternoon. The Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Department recovered an unresponsive man, who was later pronounced deceased, approximately one mile north of Copalis Beach near Iron Springs on Sunday. Lieutenant Dave Porter tells us the body of the 65 year old Federal Way man was spotted Sunday afternoon by a beachcomber. Family of that man has been notified, they told investigators that he was planning to fish with a friend Sunday in Ocean Shores. Investigators this morning determined that the friend did not come along, he was at home waiting for a phone call, he thought the fishing trip was today. The search involved Coast Guard air crews from Sector Columbia River, Ore., rescue boat crews from Station Grays Harbor, in Westport, Wash., and assets from Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Department, who conducted multiple search patterns for more than 10 hours.
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on June 17, 2013 at 6:04 am (177 social interactions)
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Sitting in a dark room, enfolded by screens of twinkling data, Adam Caccavano mediates a powerful dance between Northwest wind and water.
As BPA duty schedulers like Caccavano coordinate the flows of water and hydroelectric power generation at the 31 federal dams, a new tool called the Super Forecast is helping them better anticipate the action of the wind across the turbines of BPA customers around the Columbia River Basin.
“It’s definitely one of the most valuable things that’s been done in the last few years to help us perform our jobs,” says Caccavano, a University of Oregon physicist by training who joined BPA in 2009. “It’s something you can guarantee I’ll have available on my screen all the time.”
The Super Forecast methodology, a software program created by a small team of analysts led by Scott Winner in Power Generation Support, is another step in BPA’s efforts to ensure the safe and reliable integration of variable resources, such as wind power.
“This is a great example of the type of innovation and creativity that has made BPA a world leader in renewable energy integration,” says Elliot Mainzer, BPA acting deputy administrator. “Hats off to Scott and the team.”
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Posted by David Haviland
on June 17, 2013 at 5:40 am (176 social interactions)
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (PRNewswire) - Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) (the "Company") announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 28,000,000 of its common shares in a registered public offering, subject to market and other customary conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering, if completed, as partial consideration, to finance the previously announced acquisition of all of the equity interests in Longview Timber LLC. The Company intends to grant the underwriters of the offering the option to purchase up to an additional 4,200,000 of its common shares. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are the joint book-running managers on the offering. The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by contacting: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department, telephone: (866) 718-1649; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, telephone: (800) 503-4611; or Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 111717, telephone: (800) 831-9146. These documents will also be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available at the SEC's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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Posted by David Haviland
on June 17, 2013 at 4:21 am (170 social interactions)
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (PRNewswire) - Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) announced on Sunday that it has a signed definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire Longview Timber LLC from affiliates of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for $2.65 billion, which includes the assumption of debt. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and is expected to close in July 2013. The company is acquiring approximately 645,000 acres of unique, high-quality timberlands in Washington and Oregon that are highly complementary and contiguous with the company's existing acreage. This transaction will expand Weyerhaeuser's timber holdings in the Pacific Northwest by 33 percent to approximately 2.6 million acres and increase the total amount of U.S. timberlands it owns or controls to approximately 6.6 million acres. The company expects to reach annual synergies of approximately $20 million within two years of closing.  Longview Timberlands LLC is offering approximately 1,300 acres of timberland for sale in the Copalis Beach area of Grays Harbor County. The property consists of primarily Douglas fir and Western Hemlock reproduction in various age classes as well as a small component of merchantable timber.
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