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 …
Read More »This month, we welcome Grier Carson, Library Director of the Monroe County Public Library, to discuss the library as a civic institution. Carson talked to our host, Jim Allison, about the library’s role in a democracy and how it protects intellectual freedom and access to information for everyone without regard to their social status, gender, race, or religion. The library …
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Locutora, Minerva Sosa, entrevista a Doris Loayza maestra de clase de español, educadora y productora cultural. También tenemos como invitado a Mitch Teplitsky, director de marketing de la librería Morgenstern’s. Ellos comparten información sobre las actividades que están pasando en la librería Morgenstern’s. La librería tiene diferente eventos como book club, coffee club, música y ahora, ¡La liebreria ofrece sábado …
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In today’s segment we brought you news that the owners of a historic home on west 7th St. are appealing an $83,500 fine for demolishing it. The City of Bloomington has announced its grand opening of its new Switchyard Park. Early voting began Monday for City of Bloomington municipal elections. In today’s feature, WFHB corespondent Jake Jacobson speaks with Bobby …
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Sara was one of the very first volunteers to join the mentor program in the library’s teen space and has been a weekly volunteer mentor for teens in The Ground Floor at the Monroe County Public Library for the past four years. Her volunteer position is to teach different crafts to the teens who hang out there. Her ACTUAL role …
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Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young praise President Trump for his North Korean summit; Uncertainty over global trade tariffs have Bloomington and Monroe County considering charging residents for recycling, for the first time; Richland Bean Blossom Community School Board approves Assistant Superintendent Jerry Sanders as Interim Superintendent of schools; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb will ask for $25 million in appropriations for …
Read More »On June 22nd, children’s author Elsa Marston Harik hosted a discussion about her works at the Friends of the Library Bookstore at the Monroe County Public Library. Elsa has written many books, ranging from children’s picture books to young-adult novels to nonfiction pieces. Elsa Marston Harik writes about life in the Middle East, in hopes to “focus on interfaith bridge …
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Last week the Monroe County Public Library’s Board of Trustees discussed the negative effect parking meters are having on library patrons. Board member Stephen Moberly referred to the library’s circulation numbers, which have declined since the downtown meters were installed in August. “Looking at the chart, we had a slight decrease last year of half of one percent. This year, …
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