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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 15th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB News Correspondent Kelsey Pease provides a roundup of the latest Monroe County Board of Commissioners meeting. More in today’s headlines. That’s Michelle Moss, Bloomington Volunteer Network Coordinator, here to announce the 2024 winners of the Be More Awards. We celebrate people working for positive …

Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey, and I’m Frank Marshalek. On today’s edition of Eco Report, eco-architect and place maker Mark Lakeman invites us to apply urban permaculture to rehumanize public spaces by tapping into the natural economy of the Universe as they have been doing in Portland’s City Repair Project for almost thirty years. That’s …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. In this edition of Eco Report, we will hear from Marcia Veldman, State Coordinator for the South Central Indiana chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby on the scope of their activities across the state working to affect national policy and channel resources to local efforts to address …

In this week’s Eco Report EXTRA we hear from Marcia Veldman, State Coordinator for the South Central Indiana chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby on the scope of their activities across the state working to affect national policy and channel resources to local efforts to adress and adapt to Climate Change. Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze asks Marcia Veldman of Citizens Climate …

[Part One: America’s first certified Energy Positive public library] In the first part of a four part series of feature segments aired by WFHB News and Public Affairs during our Local News and Eco Report programs, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with local eco architect and sustainability pioneer Bill Brown of Griffy Creek Studio about the environmental considerations involved in …

Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. In this edition of Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze delves into Bloomington’s designation as a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists. And now for your environmental reports: The following article is about the future of the Hoosier National Forest: Log and …

This month on Partisan Gardens, we are sharing a presentation by Kristin Ross, author of the landmark book “Communal Luxury: the Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune.” She delivered the lecture to the 2019 Antipode American Association of Geographers Lecture in Washington DC and gave another version of the talk here in Bloomington that same year. Titled the 7th Wonder …

Note: A previous version of this story used the incorrect image. The story has since been updated with the correct image. The Bloomington Common Council continued its review of the revised Transportation Plan last week. Chapter Three of the plan proposes changing existing street uses to help develop an ‘urban grid.’ Planning Services Manager Beth Rosenbarger said developing the grid would …

The city of Bloomington is looking to consultants to help decide whether to rebuild or repair the aging, downtown Fourth Street garage. The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission last night approved contracting with CORE Planning Strategies to examine the question. Structural engineers from CE Solutions surveyed the Fourth Street garage, earlier this year. Based on that survey, Public Works Director Adam Wason …

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is planning to spend an additional $1 billion on infrastructure projects across the state. The Governor’s office announced yesterday, that they concluded renegotiating an agreement with the company that operates the Indiana Tollway, and that the funds are to be raised through toll increases on heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Under the new terms, which will need to …