Washington State Crews Working Hard to Restore Power (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/08/31/western-washington-power-outages-monday/71452068/

Community Solar Investors Could Qualify for Federal Tax Credits, IRS Ruling Indicates (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/community-solar-investors-could-qualify-for-federal-tax-credits-irs-ruling/405067/

Salmon Spawns on Obama’s Shoes: ‘He’s Happy to See Me,’ President Laughs (Associated Press)

http://q13fox.com/2015/09/02/salmon-spawns-on-obamas-shoes-hes-happy-to-see-me-president-quips/

Olympic Peninsula Tribe Acquires Mobilisa to Bring Internet Access to Rural Areas “…buys broadband capacity from a Tacoma nonprofit called NoaNet…” (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/peninsula-tribe-acquires-mobilisa-to-bring-internet-access-to-rural-areas/

Good weather coming for Labor Day weekend (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/good-weather-coming-for-labor-day-weekend/

Chehalis Panhandling Ordinance Takes Effect Wednesday (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

(CHEHALIS, WA) -- A new ordinance that bans coercive panhandling in the city of Chehalis goes into effect today. Chehalis Police Chief Glenn Schaeffer says the ordinance does not ban all panhandling but it does prohibit aggressive panhandling. It bans panhandling at all three I-5 on and off-ramps, on Louisiana Avenue between K-Mart and I-5 Toyota and all existing and future businesses on Arkansas Way. It also prohibits such activities within 25 feet of the entrance of a building without the owner’s permission and within 25 feet of a parked vehicle while it is being loaded or unloaded.

Lewis County Authorities Seek Information on Trees Intentionally Cut to Fall on Power Lines (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

(CHEHALIS, WA) -- The Lewis County Sheriff's Office is investigating two incidents of malicious mischief where a suspect or suspects apparently deliberately cut down a tree so that it would fall into power lines about 1:30 AM Sunday morning.  The Sheriff’s Office says one incident happened at milepost 7 on Bunker Creek Road and the other in the 400 block of Manners Road.  In both instances, there was fresh sawdust and chain saw cuts at the base of the trees.  In the incident on Manners Road, the power line caught on fire.  Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call Lewis County Crimestoppers.