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Interchange – Farewell Transmission: The Life and Music of Jason Molina

Today’s show, “Farewell Transmission: The Live and Music of Jason Molina” opens with “Not Just a Ghost’s Heart” from Songs: Ohia’s album Ghost Tropic released in November of 2000. Jason Molina was a prolific songwriter and bandleader who released music under the names Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Company from 1997 through 2009. A Secretly Canadian recording artist, Molina periodically …

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Bloomington Accountant Convicted of Mail Fraud

A Bloomington accountant was convicted of mail fraud after he siphoned off one point two million dollars from his Bedford clients. A US District Court sentenced Michael Sallee late last month, after an FBI investigation found he had made 98 fraudulent transactions as the accountant for his client. FBI Special Agent Rusty Warlick said Sallee took over the client’s account …

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Duke Energy Proposes Coal Ash Projects

When a power plant burns coal, most of the ash from the coal is not incinerated. Instead, that coal ash can sit at the bottom of a furnace, and can contain potentially harmful pollutants, including arsenic. In December of last year, Duke Energy petitioned the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to allow the company to store coal ash at four …

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How Would Obamacare Repeal Affect Indiana?

After the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act died on the floor of the US Senate last week, WFHB correspondent Arjun Balasundaram spoke with healthcare experts about how a repeal might affect Indiana residents.

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Mayor Hamilton Kicks Off Solarize Bloomington Phase 2

Mayor John Hamilton urged community members at a press conference this afternoon to pursue solar energy options as a state deadline approaches. The press conference kicked off the second phase of Solarize Bloomington, an initiative purportedly designed to increase the amount of solar energy generated by homes and businesses. Hamilton said Phase Two is an expansion of the project, which …

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Cook Medical Funds Weekend Hours At Shalom Center

Cook Medical Group pledged twenty-two thousand dollars in order to keep the Shalom Center open on the weekends. This move comes after Mayor John Hamilton’s speech last Thursday, in which he presented steps the City of Bloomington plans to take toward tackling homelessness and drug abuse. During his talk at the public library, Hamilton stated that the Safety, Civility and …

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Daily Local News – July 31, 2017

Cook Medical Group has pledged $22,000 to help keep the Shalom Community Center open on weekends; The City Clerk is now accepting applications to fill a vacant seat on the Environmental Commission; The Indiana Family Institute reveals plans to sponsor an annual event modeled after the national Conservative Political Action Conference; Mayor John Hamilton kicked off the second phase of …

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Firehouse Follies – Through The Looking Glass, Darkly

Join us at the Waldron Auditorium Sunday, Aug. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. for the autumn edition of the WFHB Firehouse Follies, where, for a mere $10 per ticket (or 2 for $15.00) you can find out exactly what happened when Alice went through that looking glass. You know the fake news about the event–now it’s time to tell …

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Bring It On! – July 31, 2017

Bring It On! welcomes the U.S. State Department’s Mandela Washington Fellows for Young African Leaders. CLarence Boone talks with 25 young leaders from Sub-Sahara Africa. And we hear from Courtney Hermann, program manager with the IU Office of International Development and local leader of the group. PART ONE Bring It On! welcomes the U.S. State Department’s Mandela Washington Fellows for …

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