In today’s EcoReport feature, Norm Holy interviews Jodi Perras, Indiana representative for the Beyond Coal project by the Sierra Club. Beyond Coal is an interest group that advocates for the right to clean air.

The Winter 2015 Firehouse Follies, “Negotiating the Santa Clause,” was performed on Dec. 13 in the Waldron Auditorium. Special musical guest was Chicago singer/songwriter Michael Peter Smith, and the show also featured the WFHB Gospel Gurlz and our band the Firehouse Rounders. We presented a brief history of the building known as the Ivy Tech Waldron Arts Center, celebrating its 100th year, and also went …

The Firehouse Follies presents “Little Boxes,” a two-hour variety show broadcast live on WFHB Community Radio from the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, September 13, 2015. This show was a part of the station’s 2015 fall fund drive.  Music by the Firehouse Follies house band, the Firehouse Rounders, and by the WFHB Gospel Gurlz. …

Host Doug Storm is joined by Myke Luurtsema, the Hoosier Forest Watch Coordinator for the Indiana Forest Alliance (IFA), and Ron Kerner, a mushroom expert who runs the website Indiana Mushrooms. This is Part II of our discussion about commercial logging and forest health in the Indiana state forests. Part I was a conversation that took place on September 9th …

Indiana Superintendent Glenda Ritz released a video September 18th, the first in a three part series titled State of the Classroom. The first video focuses on students in the classroom, including the environments and external factors that impact student success.

On Saturday, September 27 an animal rights activist group named Direct Action Everywhere staged a protested at Bloomington’s Chipotle Grill on Kirkwood street; Males and students of color in Indiana are at a disproportionate risk for school suspension and expulsion; The Indiana Statewide 911 Board is reminding residents they can text 911 in case of emergency; Josh Fox, creator, writer, …

On Saturday, September 27 an animal rights activist group named Direct Action Everywhere staged a protest at Bloomington’s Chipotle Grill on Kirkwood street. Jeff Melton, the local organizer for Direct Action Everywhere, says he and another protester went to Chipotle to protest their business practices and claims. Melton says that the group takes issue with all fast food chains for …

William Hosea and Cornelius Wright welcome Attorney Jake Moore. PART ONE On tonight’s show, William and Cornelius are joined by Attorney Jake Moore, Republican candidate for Monroe County Prosecutor. Moore lays out elements of his political platform and talks about the relationship between the Prosecutors office and the African American community. PART TWO Headline news and local calendar events of …

Los locutores de HOLA Bloomington Carlos Bakota, Maria Auxiliadora Viloria, Minerva Sosa y Araceli Gómez-Aldana hablan del “Sueño Americano.” ¿Por qué la gente emigra a los Estados Unidos? Que es “El Sueño Americano”? y ¿Cómo ha sido la experiencia de los locutores aquí en los Estados Unidos?  Hola Bloomington’s hosts Carlos Bakota, Maria Auxiliadora Viloria, Minerva Sosa and Araceli Gómez-Aldana talk …

WFHB correspondent Dan Young speaks with conservationist Gary Moody about the environmental impact of the Williams Dam near Bedford, and fills us in on an upcoming showing of the film “Dam Nation” in Bloomington, for today’s community report, courtesy of eco report.