WFHB Local News Features

Last week, the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation presented its first annual report on the State of the Bloomington regional Economy. In this two part feature, airing today and tomorrow, we go on-location to the BEDC meeting and hear from the Director of The Indiana Business Research Center at the IU Kelly School of Business, Jerry Conover, who will deliver to …

This week, in association with the National Homelessness Marathon radio event that aired Wednesday night, we have been reporting on issues of housing and homelessness in our community. In the final installment of our series, we sat down separately with Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan as well as his opponent in the up-coming mayoral primary, John Hamilton, to discuss how the …

This week, in association with the National Homelessness Marathon Radio event that aired last night, we are presenting a five-part series of features highlighting issues of housing and homelessness in our community. In today’s installment, we hear from the Executive Director of Housing and Neighborhood Development for the City of Bloomington, Lisa Abbott, who reveals an up-to-date snapshot of housing …

This week, in collaboration with the National Homelessness Marathon Radio event, that will air this Wednesday evening through Thursday morning, we present a week-long series of features highlighting issues of housing and homelessness in our community. Today, we’ll hear from Bobbie Summers, the Executive Director of Martha’s House, one of the few homeless shelters in our community. Summers says the …

At a joint press conference this morning, the YMCA of Monroe County and Cook Group Incorporated announced the funding of a new YMCA to be built on Bloomington’s Northwest side. Cook Medical has devoted $5 million in matching funds to the local Y so as to better serve the residents of Western Monroe County. The 79-acre property was purchased by …

Have you ever wondered what’s in the water? Dr. Lenore Tedesco works to answer that question as the director of the Center of Earth and Environmental Science at IUPUI. Her research focuses on identifying contaminants in water and how they move through the watershed. The Daily Local News has collaborated with EcoReport for today’s feature, where Dr. Tedesco talks with …

WFHB and CATS Week present the first in a three-part series entitled, “Changing Bloomington: an exploration of planning and development issues in our community.” Bloomington Planning Director, Tom Micuda and WFHB News Director January Jones go on-location to key areas of Bloomington that are rapidly changing. In the first part of our series, Jones and Micuda start off at 7th …

Isabelle Piedmont-Smith announced that she would not run again for district 5, but, as Darryl Neher announced at a press conference last week, he will run as the only candidate filed thus far for to take her place. In today’s feature report, News Director January Jones takes us on-location to Neher’s candidacy announcement in this WFHB radio exclusive.

Governor Mitch Daniels has proclaimed February 11, 2011 as “Indiana 2-1-1 Day”. The United Way of Monroe County and Area 10 Agency on Aging held a press conference today in City Hall to raise awareness of the 2-1-1 Information and Referral service in Monroe and Owen counties. Newly-appointed 2-1-1 ambassadors spoke to community members about the value of 2-1-1. 2-1-1 …

As many as eight million dogs enter into animal shelters each year in the U.S. It is estimated that between three and four million of these dogs are euthanized, indicating that any given dog that enters into an average shelter, has roughly 50-50 odds that it will walk out wagging. To battle such bleak survival stats as these, there are …