Studio Basin

On this week's episode, senior reporter Charles Featherstone is joined by senior reporter Cheryl Schweizer and paginator Joel Martin to discuss headline news from the past week here in the Basin. Next, sports reporter Ian Bivona joins to discuss professional and local sports, including the Mariners qualifying for the postseason. 

On this week's episode, senior reporter Charles Featherstone is joined by staff writer and paginator Joel Martin as well as multi-media marketing consultant Mallory Tidball to discuss Eviation’s battery-powered Alice airplane and Moses Lake School District's new logos at Columbia and Frontier Middle Schools. Later on, sports reporter Ian Bivona joins the program for a recap on the week's sports from the local and professional level.

Charles Featherstone talks about the health of Moses Lake - the body of water, not the city - while Cheryl Schweizer talks about local health services and Ian Bivona - Columbia Basin Herald sports reporter - dishes all the info on Columbia Basin sports.

Senior reporters Charles Featherstone and Cheryl Schweizer discuss the Othello Fair, Moses Lake's new mayor, the establishment of a municipal court in Othello and Moses Lake's improvement in community rating by the Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau. Next, sports reporter Ian Bivona joins the program to discuss recent happenings on the gridiron, along with the Moses Lake cross country team's trip to the Iolani Cross Country Invitational. 

A look at local, regional and state sports as football season kicks off.

Moses Lake City Manager Allison Williams joins Managing Editor R. Hans "Rob" Miller for a talk on what a city manager does, projects coming up for Moses Lake, housing concerns and city budgets. Afterward, Sports Reporter Ian Bivona talks about the start of football in the Columbia Basin. 

Reporter Joel Martin, Senior Reporter Charles Featherstone and Sports Reporter Ian Bivona talk about water and water-related issues. With an exceptionally wet spring followed by a dry, hot summer in the Basin, fire risks are high and crops have been impacted by the abnormal weather. Plus, always one to reminisce, Featherstone talks about his "cruise" down the Columbia and Snake rivers again. 

This week's episode digs into the happenings at the Grant County fair with virtual and stuffed chicken showings, good vendor food and a discussion with sports reporter Ian Bivona about his first ever fair. We also delve into how the Seahawks' preseason is going, WNBA action with the Storm, local sports teams getting out to practice and when the annual Gridiron Guide will hit news racks. 

In this edition of Studio Basin, we discuss a possible police station coming to Moses Lake, the Grant County Fair and Charles Featherstone discusses his recent trip on a shipping barge. On to sports, we talk about the Babe Ruth World Series and the Moonlight Paddle in Soap Lake. Thank you for listening!

In this edition of Studio Basin, we talk about the election results for Grant and Adams counties in August 2022 at the top of the podcast. We then talk about multiple wildfires burning in the Columbia Basin and how listeners can protect their homes. We then skip on over to sports to talk about the Little League World Series coming to Ephrata and boat races on their way to Soap Lake - with a bit of hypercolor drug along. Thank you for listening!