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By: Elyse Perry On February 5th, construction started on the final phase of the Hidden River Tunnel Project with the sounds of breaking concrete and scraping metal behind the Von Lee building on Kirkwood Ave. The project, which has been dubbed the Clear Creek Tunnel Project, is the last step in replacing the nearly one-hundred year old tunnel that allows …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Brookelyn Lambright spoke with local advocate Sam Mitchell about his podcast, Autism Rocks and Rolls, which raises awareness and works to end the stigma around autism. Lambright has more in the bottom half of tonight’s program. Also coming up in the next half …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. Today’s anchors are Julianna Dailey and Cynthia Roberts-Hall. Later in today’s program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze attended the second public meeting for the Allen Street Greenway connector which will link Madison and Morton Streets in the McDoel Gardens neighborhood. We will have an excerpt from the event held yesterday by Hank Duncan, the City’s …

The Kohr Building, on Rogers, in between 1st and 2nd Street just moved closer in the process to be redeveloped into, what the City of Bloomington calls, affordable housing. The City of Bloomington bought the building as a part of a deal which saw the City buy the old Bloomington Hospital site on 2nd Street from the IU Health. Next …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 20th, 2020. In today’s program, we hear from attorney Katharine Liell and Vauhxx Booker on the two men charged for pinning Booker to a tree and threatening to “get a noose.” You will also hear A Few Minutes with the Mayor. In today’s segment Assistant News Director Sydney Foreman talks to …

Welcome to the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 27th, 2020. Later in the program, Sydney Foreman talks to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton in her recurring segment, “A Few Minutes with the Mayor.” Also coming up in the next half hour, Kade Young continues his conversation with Matt Houser, an IU Researcher who co-led a survey breaking down public opinion …

In today’s segment we brought you news that State Representative Mara Candelaria Reardon testified Monday she told a lobbyist that Indiana’s attorney general Curtis Hill was a “creeper”. Bloomington Transit is seeking public input on potential changes to the bus service in Bloomington. The City of Bloomington has hired Nebraska based consultants RDG Planning and Design to conduct a housing …

Indiana legalizes sports wagering; City council approves funding for a new hybrid bus for Bloomington Transit; Bloomington host five festivals this weekend, and parking will be limited. COMMUNITY CONVERSATION Macy Evans sits down with three Mandela Scholars from Africa, to talk about their summer fellowship at Indiana University, and what ideas they will bring back to their home countries. VOICES …

Ball State Study says that Indiana’s housing market never fully recovered from the Great recession; Indiana Senate passes bill further restricting annexation by municipal governments; Ellettsville wracked by flooding; Bloomington Transit to receive an additional nine million dollars in funding for 2019. FEATURE Indiana Recovery Alliance Director Chris Abert announces plans to step down from the organization he founded. Abert …

The Bloomington Board of Public Works is offering financial incentives to contractors, in an attempt to expedite construction projects. City of Bloomington Planning Director Adam Wason said the city and county will split the cost of an incentive package for contractor CLR Construction to complete a Monroe County bridge project on Country Club Dr. before the original completion date of …