U-S Senate Votes to Confirm Former Texas Governor Rick Perry as Energy Secretary (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/02/senate-votes-to-confirm-former-texas-governor-rick-perry-as-energy-secretary/?utm_term=.e47fb095c041

Washington State’s U-S Senators Join Effort Urging Feds to Be Hands off on State Marijuana Laws (Washington Wire, Olympia, WA)

http://washingtonstatewire.com/washington-congress-members-join-effort-urging-doj-hands-off-state-pot-laws/

War of the Wells: Hirst Decision Draws Stealthy Demonstration to Washington State Capitol (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/war-wells-hirst-decision-draws-stealthy-demonstration-washington-capitol

Amazon Blames Human Error for Cloud-Service Disruption (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-aws-outages-idUSKBN1692N2

Another Bout of Snowfall in the Forecast for Puget Sound (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/561734/another-bout-of-snowfall-in-the-forecast-for-puget-sound/

Suspect Arrested in Centralia Utility Payment Drop Box Break-In (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

(CENTRALIA, WA) – A Centralia man is in custody for the theft of checks from the Centralia Utility payment drop box in the 500 block of North Pearl Street. Centralia Police say a vehicle was located that matched the description of the vehicle that was seen leaving the scene after the drop box was broken into Sunday night.  After a brief interview, police arrested 31-year old Erick D. Teichman-Lehrer. He admitted to breaking into the drop box and stealing envelopes containing checks. Teichman-Lehrer was booked into the Lewis County Jail for Second Degree Theft. Several checks were recovered.

Trump to Roll Back Obama’s Climate, Water Rules through Executive Action (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/02/20/trump-to-roll-back-obamas-climate-water-rules-through-executive-action/?utm_term=.3a3a42c8fd02