Tag Archives: public health

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, March 14th, 2024. Later in the program, the Monroe County Commissioners approved a contract for an environmental site assessment on a property being considered as a site for the new jail. More in the top half of tonight’s newscast. Also coming up in the next half hour, we hear from Dr. Gabriel …

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 …

This month on Civic Conversations, we are joined by Health Officer Dr. Clark Brittain and Board Member George Hegeman of the Monroe County Health Department Board.  In our discussion, we discussed the Health Department’s role and numerous services. With the recent legislative allocations towards Indiana public health, Dr. Brittain talked about the amounts received and how that money would be spent …

  In this week’s episode of Deep Dive on the WFHB Local News, we delve deep into Lake Monroe’s water quality. As the largest manmade lake in Indiana, Lake Monroe serves as a primary drinking water source for over 130,000 residents and a hub for recreational activities, generating millions in revenue annually.  Our guest, Maggie Sullivan, Watershed Coordinator for the …

This month Civic Conversations welcomed Michael Lippert, a journalist with the Indiana Capital Chronicle, to discuss the 2022 American Health Rankings Report.  In the podcast, Leppert talks to our host, Jim Allison, about where Indiana stands regarding public health in the United States. Overall, Indiana ranks 35th among all fifty-two states but ranks 45th in the nation for public health.  …

HEADLINES  Members of the Morgan County Soil and Water Conservation District board received an update from chairman Doug Peine about the closure of a Duke Energy coal ash pond in southern Indiana. Peine said the Hoosier Environmental Council filed a lawsuit over the closure of the ash pits at the Gallagher Power Plant in New Albany, along the Ohio River. …

HEADLINES A proposed settlement agreement negotiated between utility companies, local governments and advocacy groups could finalize that one of the most carbon-emitting power plants in the state will close before the end of the decade. —Norm Holy The New York Times is skeptical of the fervor about black vultures attacking calves. The accounts described of Indiana farmlands and elsewhere seem …

Today’s hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell continue last week’s discussion about COVID-19 in the classroom. This week they focus the discussion on the medical and scientific level with guests, Tom Hrisomalos, MD, and Carol Weiss-Kennedy. Tom Hrisomalos, MD is an infectious disease specialist with IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians. His medical school, infectious disease fellowship, and internal medicine residency …

Today hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Rv. Forrest Gilmore, Executive Director of Shalom Community Center, Ms. Amber Skoby, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and Nicole Johnson, a Crestmont resident and community advocate. They discuss how Bloomington is trying to meet the challenge of serving the city’s homeless who are now having to deal with health precautions …

For this week’s episode, we continue airing messages about the coronavirus from prisoners around the country. You can call in on behalf of a loved one, or they can call in to record a message at (765) 343-6236. This week, we hear from prisoners in Wisconsin, Louisiana, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio about how the coronavirus is threatening them, and what …