Studio Basin
The Studio Basin podcast is produced by The Columbia Basin Herald with the purpose of discussing news of interest to the Columbia Basin in Central Washington state. The Columbia Basin Herald covers all of Grant and Adams counties and staff also produce the Basin Business Journal, Adams County Magazine and Grant County Magazine. Our goal is to keep our audience informed in a way that builds community.
Studio Basin
Clean energy, levies and MLCA/CCS basketball with Emerson Ferguson
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake and its burgeoning battery manufacturing sector were cited as the future of energy in a visit by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Gov. Jay Inslee in a visit to town Thursday. A discussion of their visit is part of the Studio Basin podcast.
The Feb. 13 special election was certified Friday; most of the proposals on the ballot were school educational programs and operations elections, and most passed. A levy request from the Moses Lake School District was defeated. So was a capital projects levy in the Wahluke School District.
The Ephrata School District has started a program to support middle school and high school students who are facing behavioral health challenges. It’s a partnership with the North Central ESD. The program is described in Thursday’s Columbia Basin Herald.
In sports, MLCA/CCS boys basketball Head Coach Emerson Ferguson joins the show to discuss the success the 20-1 Lions have had on the court this winter, as well as a look at MLCA/CCS' upcoming regional game.
