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WFHB Local News – November 28th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, November 28th, 2023. In today’s feature report, WFHB Arts Correspondent Cindy Beaulé spoke with Konnor Graber and Kate Weber of Eclipse Productions about their upcoming theater production of True West, a play by Sam Shephard written in the early 1980s. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half …

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WFHB Local News – November 27th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 27th, 2023. Later in the program, the Bloomington Board of Public Works denied an appeal for a sanitation violation on a property on South Washington Street. Local resident Joe Davis had a heated exchange with the board. More in today’s headlines. That’s Gabbie Hetrick from Community Justice and Mediation. C-JAM is …

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November 24, 2023: Block Cop City

Since 2021, a diverse movement in has challenged the construction of Cop City, which is slated to destroy Atlanta’s South River Forest.  The forest is also known by its Muscogee name, Weelaunee.  The movement has created new intersections between abolitionist and environmental politics, since it is defending a forest with important ecological elements for the surrounding Black community, in order to …

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WFHB Local News – November 21st, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, November 21st, 2023. In today’s feature report, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets an update from Steven Stewart of Indiana Forest Alliance on positive and negative developments affecting climate, habitat, water and air quality in the region. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s …

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WFHB Local News – November 20th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 20th, 2023. In today’s feature report, local journalist Dave Askins takes a look at the transition between current Mayor John Hamilton and Mayor-Elect Kerry Thomson who assumes office on January 1st, 2024. More in today’s feature report. That’s Michelle Moss from the Bloomington Volunteer Network. Find out which local nonprofits need …

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Eco Report – November 17, 2023

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This week on Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets an update from Steven Stewart of Indiana Forest Alliance on positive and negative developments affecting climate, habitat, water and air quality in the region as windows of opportunity for public input draw to a close. And now for your environmental reports: The Grain Belt Express is a power line that …

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WFHB Local News – November 16th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, November 16th, 2023. Later in the program, Mayor-Elect Kerry Thomson sent a letter to Current Mayor John Hamilton asking him to refrain from making any strategic decisions before the end of his term. More in the top half of tonight’s program. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington City …

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WFHB Local News – November 15th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, November 15th, 2023. Later in the program, WFHB News continues its coverage into the proposed expansion of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area in the latest episode of Deep Dive: WFHB And Limestone Post Investigate. Also coming up in the next half hour, Artificial Grandchildren on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog …

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Deep Dive: The Deam Wilderness and Hoosier National Forest (Part 3)

This is Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into the Hoosier National Forest, and the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area within it. Last week we explored recent legislation introduced by Senator Mike Braun which would expand the boundaries …

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Lil BUB’s Lil Show, Episode 43: Peanut + The Importance of Feline Play

Featured Animal: Peanut This week’s featured animal is Peanut, a very sweet cat currently residing with the City of Bloomington Animal Shelter! Peanut enjoys watching birds through the window, sleeping under blanket forts on couches, and playing with paper straws under doorways. She isn’t really a lap-cat, but she is social and generally wants to be around people to see …

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