In today’s Eco Feature, Mary Hess, president of Southwestern Indiana Citizens for Quality of Life, talks about community resistance in Dale, Indiana, against a proposed coal to diesel plant in her town. Spencer County is already one of the most polluted counties in the country.

Yesterday was the fourth of July, a time to honor the birth of our nation and reflect on what patriotism means. Voices in the Street asked your friends and neighbors what Independence Day means to you. Voices in the Street is produced by Community Radio, WFHB. This week’s episode was produced by, Jenna Jankowski.

Welcome to the Citizenship/Identity Episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. On today’s episode, Eric Langowski discusses the internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II, his grandmother’s internment, and IU’s racist enrollment policy during the period. We then …

Celebrate your personal independence by staying away from scams, like advance-fee loans and ransomware protection rackets. And stay safe with the fireworks, OK? Credits: Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

After they found out that a coal-to-diesel plant is being planned to open in their town, residents of Dale, Indiana organized. They came together and founded the grassroots Southwestern Indiana Citizens for Quality of Life, with the help of the environmental advocacy organization Valley watch in Evansville. Mary Hess is the president of Southwestern Indiana Citizens for Quality of Life. …

The Bloomington City Council approved a 10-year tax break for an affordable housing development, during their session last week. Under the agreement, the developers would get a 98 percent tax break for ten years. Southern Knoll, a 31-unit affordable apartment complex, will be located on West Third Street, across from Rose Hill Cemetery. Southern Knoll is to provide one-, two- …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is being accused of groping a lawmaker and three legislative staffers at a party, earlier this year. According to the Indianapolis Star, a confidential memo made for legislative leaders was released to the public last night, containing details of the allegations. The incidents allegedly took place during an end-of-the-legislative-session party at a bar on March …

Today we begin a series of three programs on Guns in the USA we’re calling a A Targeted Divide. Our first show is “Gunning Down the Bill of Rights,” how the 2nd Amendment trumps the 1st. After a Supreme Court decision in 2008, the most ambiguous and poorly written of our constitutional amendments now means what the NRA wants it …

This year’s fourth of July celebrations in Bloomington will be happening tonight, July third; Hot weather is causing complications for the Monroe County Fair; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is being accused of groping a lawmaker and three legislative staffers at a party, earlier this year; The Bloomington City Council approved a ten year tax break for an affordable housing …

In this second episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Trina Sterling tells the story of the John Waldron Arts Center. Originally known as lot 91, the building was constructed in the early 1900’s as Bloomington’s city hall. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website. …