STUDIO BASIN: Scam avoidance and running the distance...

For this week’s Studio Basin podcast, Managing Editor Rob Miller, Senior Reporter Charles Featherstone and Sports Reporter Ian Bivona are joined by Logan Hickle, communications manager for the non-profit private organization, the Better Business Bureau, to talk about the BBB’s Scam Tracker report and website (www.bbb.org/scamtracker/) and the bureau’s upcoming online scam report.

Hickle talked about the history of the BBB, that the organization was created to promote ethical business practices and help businesses meet the BBB’s eight standards of trust. He also said consumers who are concerned they might be scammed either online by a physical business can both look up scam efforts, report scams to the bureau — which works with law enforcement agencies — and always take time and do some research before responding to so-called urgent solicitations.

Finally, Bivona reviewed local sports, with an emphasis on the volleyball match between Lind-Ritzville and Davenport — where the players on both teams wore pink for breast cancer awareness — and the Mariners’ distressing loss to the Houston Astros. He also discussed the Othello team's running game on the gridiron which has proven to be strong thus far this season.

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