For the last decade, the DNR has allowed logging during the summer because they had been given the OK from the U.S. Forest Service, or USFS, that there were no bats roosting in the area to be logged. This was the ruling even when bats were caught in mist nets in the area. —Norm Holy  Several members of the House …

He came to Bloomington a little more than ten years ago and quickly found a position at the Shalom Community Center. Within a year and a half, Forrest Gilmore was the executive director of the city’s resource for homeless people. Shalom provides hot meals, showers, lockers, overnight facilities, and other help for people facing life on the streets. In 2020, …

Melanie talks about a post that has been shared with false information and racist tropes regarding her ex who was murdered while on duty as a post officer back in April. We discuss a recent Facebook post from the Morals of America page, which is calling for any authorities “to ensure than no pedophilia activity and absolutely no harm will …

Located on 7th and Elm Street in Bloomington Indiana sits the Banneker Community Center. However, this building was not always a community center. Above the entrance to the buildings is a carving in the limestone which reads “1915 Banneker School”. In 1915  this school opened as a segregated school known as the Banneker School for Colored Children. According to the …

Everyone should be wearing a face mask in public these days, but not all of them work. Here’s a summary of test results on various kinds of masks, and a simple way to test any mask.

They’ve established reputations as top notch local music-makers on their own but singer Ginger Curry and guitarist Jason Fickel also have done plenty of work as a duo. Ginger’s early vocal influences were gospel and choir while Jason cut his teeth on the blues. The combination of the their backgrounds and talents helped the two create a sweet, sublime sound. …

850 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Monday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. There were 8 reported deaths. Locally, Monroe County saw 5 new confirmed cases yesterday, while Lawrence County saw 2. Brown County reported 1 new case. During a virtual meeting last Friday, members of the Indiana Election Commission split down party lines …

The current uprisings, which are beginning to threaten the status quo of policing in the United States and bringing the demands of abolition into the broad daylight of public debate, have created an unprecedented potential for radical change in the US. But these threats and demands upon the carceral logic of state violence are not simply the spontaneous products of …

Hosts Cornelius Wright and Amnita Myers discuss the 1921 Tulsa/Greenwood Race Massacre with Liz Mitchel, a regular Bring It On! anchor and producer of award-winning WFHB segment “Dark Past, Bring Future”, and Professor Jewell Parker-Rhodes, bestselling novelist and award-winning academic. The Tulsa Race Massacre occurred over the span of two days in 1921,  from May 31 to June 1, when …

We invite anyone who would like to be included in the program to PM us at ‘Inside Outdoors’ on Facebook, and if you know how to ‘Zoom’ we’ll invite you on the show! Our guest today is D.Alan Bronnenberg Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. ‘Inside Outdoors’ engineer, host and producer is Rich Reardin ‘Inside Outdoors’ …