Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:58 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis post was edited on October 17, 2020 for accuracy. Some facts/pronunciations in the original recording may be incorrect and differ from the text. State of Nature: Picturing Indiana Biodiversity, was created and put together by the Director of Grunwald Gallery, Elizabeth “Betsy” Stirratt, along with the help …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:44 — 17.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Public Library reopened today with limited in-person services. WFHB News Director Kade Young sat down with Grier Carson, Associate Director of the library, for a socially distant interview. A hand sanitizer station greets people at the door. Staff and patrons wear masks while keeping …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:13 — 7.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | More Hours after the lawsuit was filed, IPL announced their compliance with EPA’s allegations and said that they would reduce their emissions at the Petersburg plant. Following this, EPA announced that Morgan County’s air quality is officially within federal standards. The lawsuit has sparked interest on how …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:35 — 14.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to the second installment of our podcast series from the League of Women Voters titled “Civic Conversations.” In today’s segment, host Jim Allison talks to guest George Hegeman, professor emeritus of microbiology at Indiana University. Hegeman is a long time advocate and member of the League …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:49 — 4.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreText in this post was edited for clarity on August 24th. I spoke with founder of Yellowwood Youth, Josie Sparks, who will be a high school senior this year and has spent the past year working endlessly to get to this point. Yellowwood Youth was a result …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:47 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLocated on 7th and Elm Street in Bloomington Indiana sits the Banneker Community Center. However, this building was not always a community center. Above the entrance to the buildings is a carving in the limestone which reads “1915 Banneker School”. In 1915 this school opened as a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:46 — 8.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreJill Behrman went missing on Wednesday, May 31st, 2000 at the age of 19. After a long 6 years of investigation, Monroe County local John Myers was convicted for Jill Behrman’s murder. Since then, Myers has filed multiple appeals to his case, his latest being filled in …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (11.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More This story was edited for clarity on August 10th. According to court documents from last year, the charge asked that the court “mandates the Huffs to immediately restore and stabilize the land and vegetation they disturbed or removed, or caused to be disturbed or removed from portions of …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:42 — 3.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More On July 6th, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg issued a ruling requesting that the 1,172 mile long Dakota Access pipeline shut down for further environmental review by the Army Corps of Engineers. In 2016, both natives and non-natives set up camp to protest against the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:59 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 27th, 2020. In today’s program, WFHB Correspondent Alex Dederer talked to Forrest Gilmore, executive director at Shalom Community Center, about a virtual fundraiser to benefit its homeless shelter. Also in the next half hour, you will hear ‘A …
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