Area residents gathered at the Monroe County Public Library last Wednesday for a forum on the resettlement of refugees to Bloomington. Reporter, Sarah Vaughan, attended the meeting and, as expected, found opposing information and perspectives were plentiful. The organization, Exodus Refugee Immigration, is opening an office in Bloomington in the spring of next year and will help resettle families in …

SCORE volunteers help entrepreneurs achieve new levels of success. Volunteering at SCORE is a way for you to give back, connect with fellow business owners, and share your knowledge with others. In this week’s Activate! Babette Ballinger discusses her love of sharing her insights gained from her career in New York’s garment industry with entrepreneurs working to get a business …

This week is our first installment of a series covering the impact of prison on families. This episode focuses on Wendi Middleton, who works in the Indiana Women’s Prison with her organization Angel’s Wings, which provides a variety of services to incarcerated women, from newly pregnant mothers to women who became prisoners while being the primary caregiver for their children. …

Israel Herrera interviews Spanish students who are involved in sports at Indiana University and a Spanish teacher who wants to start a group to help students practice the language. Antonio Cembellin, tennis player from Spain, talked about his experience in the tennis team and in studies. Antonio is studying biotechnology at the same time as he is playing for Indiana …

In this report from BloomingOUT, Kathryn de la Rosa takes a look at the candidates who have just been elected to the highest offices in the land. What are their positions on LGBTQ rights and what legislation have they supported?

Join anchors JP and Sarah as they interview Elbe Lieb and Kris Roehling, facilitators for the group QueerTalk. QueerTalk is a space that is for discussing and learning about issues that affect both individual members of the queer community, but also for the community as a whole. The group is a collective forum for members of the LGBTQ queer and …

Following the surprise election of Donald Trump as president, South Central Indiana Jobs With Justice is helping organize a rally in Bloomington; The Monroe County Council was inundated with public comment on two recipients of Sophia Travis Community Services Grants; The policy committee of the Bloomington Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization heard a report raising concerns about the accessibility of …

The Book Corner on Walnut Street has anchored the southeast corner of the Courthouse Square through lean times and boom times for more than a half century. The story of the family-run business reads like a history of the town. The shop has weathered the advent of e-readers as well as the demise of newspapers and magazines but proprietor Margaret …

After a long and bruising campaign, voters finally went to the polls. Voices in the street has asked your fellow Bloomington residents why they came out to vote and why they feel their vote is important.

In today’s EcoReport feature, we play the second half of Norm Holy’s interview with John Blair about Indiana’s coal-fired power plants.