AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoWildfire Crisis in the Inland Northwest: Wind-driven fires around Spokane, Wash., have forced about 60,000 people to evacuate and destroyed at least 600 homes and businesses, with hundreds of structures lost and containment at 0% as crews brace for more dangerous conditions. Portland Fire Loss: A fast-moving blaze ripped through the long-abandoned Centennial Mills warehouse in Portland, shutting down the area and collapsing the 116-year-old structure in under two hours, with firefighters kept out due to collapse risk. Oregon DEQ Enforcement: Oregon Fruit Products was fined $34,800 by DEQ for discharging fruit-processing wastewater into Pringle Creek, killing aquatic life after process water was diverted from holding ponds. Energy & Land-Use Tension (WA): In Klickitat County, officials are shaping rules for solar and large battery storage on agricultural land, with agrivoltaics preferred and community distance/noise guidelines in play as data-center and clean-energy pressure grows. Finance & Markets: Avista reported Q2 2026 results and confirmed its 2026 utility earnings guidance; Eagle Nuclear Energy was added to a uranium index, qualifying it for the Global X Uranium ETF.
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