Thursday, December 18, 2025
33.0°F

STUDIO BASIN: Fires, hunting licenses and July 4 tourneys

Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 5 months, 1 week AGO
| July 8, 2025 6:33 PM

On this week’s episode of the STUDIO BASIN Podcast, reporters Nance Beston and Caleb Perez discuss the various wildfires that occurred over Fourth of July weekend. Grant County is under an active burn ban. Then, Beston talks about Senate Bill 5583, which raises the cost of hunting and fishing licenses by nearly 38% to fund the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.  

For the sports segment, Perez talked about the various tournaments that happened over this last weekend, upcoming sports camps across the Basin and the retirement of Heather Wood, the Ephrata softball coach. 

Give it a listen at: https://bit.ly/SB070825