In this week’s Eco Feature, WFHB correspondent Norm Holy talks with Indiana DNR Wildlife Specialist Rex Watters about Indiana’s eagle population. The eagle was nearly wiped out state-wide in the late nineteenth century. Watters was involved with the successful re-establishment of eagles at Lake Monroe.

In this week’s episode of Eco Report, WFHB’s Tod Wicks and Kaylnn Huffman Brower report on a one hundred year history of flooding in the town of Ellettsville and China banning imports of recyclable material causing various U.S. cities to incinerate it. Also in this week’s news an update on the Gray Wolf population. All and more in this weekly …

In the recent days, President Donald J. Trump traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam for a summit with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. The talks are centered around the disarmament of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Voices in the Street’s Isaak Gonzalez went out to ask area listeners on their opinions regarding North Korea and their nuclear arms program.

Monroe County Community Schools Superintendent Judi DeMuth is taking issue with discrepancies in MCCSC teacher compensation data distributed recently by Indiana State Representative Peggy Mayfield. In last night’s MCCSC school board meeting, DeMuth provided an excerpt from a handout she said Mayfield distributed at a recent education presentation. DeMuth said the handout underrepresented what MCCSC spends on teacher salaries. Interim …

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb plans to draw on public appeal to pass a hate crimes bill. Holcomb said in a news conference yesterday, he’s encouraging Indiana residents to contact their legislators and encourage them to pass a hate crimes bill. The announcement yesterday, comes after Holcomb criticized the state’s leading hate crimes legislation, Senate Bill 12, after senate Republicans gutted …

A  section of the B-line trail will close today and tomorrow, while contractors install two prefabricated bridges. City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department Director of Operations and Development David Williams said cranes will swing two large bridges into place, at the B-Line’s intersections with Grimes Ln. and S. Bryan Street, along the West Access Spur. The city of Bloomington …

State lawmakers are changing the rules for lending practices. Senate Bill 613 passed through the state senate last night, the last day for bills to be brought up in the State Senate or the State House of Representatives. Current Indiana law limits lenders to a 36 percent annual interest rate on loans under $2,000, with loans over that amount having …

Indiana Senate passes bill strengthening predatory loans; City partners with environmental group to stop invasive plants; Parks director proposes new tree abatement process; School board disputes recent teacher compensation data distributed by State Representative; Construction at Switchyard Park temporarily closes a section of the B-Line trail. FEATURE A new report says that the home building industry never fully recovered from …

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton gave his state of the city address on Thursday, February 21. Hamilton is a first-term incumbent Democrat, running for re-election this May, against Monroe County Commissioner Amanda Barge. Hamilton gave his third state of the city address, live from the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. On tonight’s Standing Room Only, Hamilton discusses his administration’s achievements and future challenges.

Your smartphone keeps track of your location… and your behavior – and it’s telling a lot of others, all the time, unless you tell it to stop – Here’s how. Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.