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Inside Outdoors – Saturday February 15, 2020

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Guest host today is John Ward. ‘Inside Outdoors’ engineer, host and producer is Rich Reardin ‘Inside Outdoors’ executive producer is Kade Young

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Bring It On! – February 17, 2020

Host Clarence Boone presents an overview of  Bloomington’s 3rd Annual State of the Black Community Address, which took place on February 4th in the City Hall Council Chambers.  He welcomes three speakers who addressed different issues at the Annual State of the Bloomington Black Community. First, he speaks with Bring It On! assistant producer and Chair of the Board of …

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Saturday’s Child with Travis Puntarelli — February 8th at 11 AM

Join WFHB live from the Monroe County History Center on February 8th, at 11:00 am for Saturday’s Child, WFHB’s longest running remote broadcast—featuring folk artists , Travis Puntarelli and McKain Lakey. Listen live on your radio or be part of the audience with complimentary coffee, juice and bagels.

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Houston South forest project threatens precious ecosystems in Hoosier National Forest

When most people think of Indiana’s landscape they picture cornfields and flat terrain. Surprisingly, Indiana used to be almost completely covered with forests and wildlife with a limited space filled by bare hills. Indiana’s forest cover pre-settlement is estimated to be around 85%. By the early 1900s it was at 7%. Though the urban population density has increased more and …

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Hola Bloomington-February 14, 2020

Escucha a, Matzine Amaraya Sanchez Guiterrez, la presidenta de Prospanica en Indianapolis. Ella habla sobre maneras en las que Prospanica empodera y permite a los profesionales hispanos alcancen su pleno potencial educativo, económico y social. Ademas, menciona al Project Stepping Stone.  Un Proyecto que se inicio hace 15 años que sirve para apoyar a los jovenes Latinx de todo Indiana.  …

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WFHB Local News – February 14th, 2020

Welcome to the WFHB Local News for February 14th, 2020. Today’s Headlines: Black Lives Matter-Bloomington called for a total boycott of the Herald-Times and the Bloomington Farmers’ Market. Monroe County Solid Waste Management Executive Director Tom McGlasson said Republic Services will no longer accept Styrofoam recycling. County Health Administrator Penny Caudill requested approval of a Syringe Service Program additional appropriation …

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February 14, 2020: The Penal System is Bleeding Out

In this week’s episode, we start off with a call for action from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. JLS is calling for a new set of actions from August 21- September 9, 2020. After we hear from them, we share the story of Nick, a long-time Bloomingtonian who passed through both private prisons and those run by the Indiana Department of Corrections. …

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Local Live – Porunga

Porunga is a 4-piece heavy metal band from Bloomington, Indiana. They have a self-released, self-titled cassette available and are actively playing shows. SONGS 1. Porunga 2. Dualist Kingdom 3. Invocation of Doom 4. Blood of Revenge CREDITS Host: Charlotte Wager Engineers: Jim Lang, Kate Welch, Lucas Fisher Co-Producers: Harrison Wagner, Spencer Heuring Music Director: Jim Manion Originally aired 2/12/2020

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Monroe County Convention Center Expansion: The Latest Update

City and county officials continue to clash over the future of the Monroe County Convention Center. Officials have been working on an expansion project, but they have run into their fair share of roadblocks along the way. Monday evening, city and county officials met to negotiate a solution attempted to appease all parties involved. Disagreements between the city and the …

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Better Beware – Goop Schmoop

The Motion Picture Academy Awards – the Oscars – get a lot of media attention this time of year for recognizing the best movies, as do the Golden Raspberry Awards, the Razzies, which warn you about the worst ones. But sometimes it’s the movie STARS you have to watch out for. In an earlier era this might have meant not …

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