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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 28th, 2023. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin provides a report on musician Molly Tuttle’s performance last week at Switchyard Park. More in today’s feature report. Kelley Scholfield, Urban Greenspace Specialist with the City of Bloomington, bringing neighbors together to care for our parks and …

Today on Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze asks Hank Duncan, the City’s Bicycle Pedestrian Coordinator, about recent changes in local infrastructure to address E-scooter misuse and other challenges relating to access for the disabled and providing alternative transit options for Bloomington residents and visitors. And now for your environmental reports: Columbus Looking at $2.3 million Solar Project at Wastewater …

Content Warning: This episode contains references to sexual trauma and harm. We start off this episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle- followed by some recent prison news. We close our episode with a feature created by students as part of Dr. Micol Seigel’s Inside Out program at Indiana University. As mentioned on …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023. In today’s feature report, we have the latest edition of Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding health, housing and the environment. In today’s edition, we begin coverage of Lake Monroe – how healthy is it and how long will it survive? More …

  In this week’s episode of Deep Dive on the WFHB Local News, we delve deep into Lake Monroe’s water quality. As the largest manmade lake in Indiana, Lake Monroe serves as a primary drinking water source for over 130,000 residents and a hub for recreational activities, generating millions in revenue annually.  Our guest, Maggie Sullivan, Watershed Coordinator for the …

Featured animal: Nikki, a Dachshund with the City of Bloomington Animal Shelter Nikki is a loving and affectionate elderly Dachshund who came to the City of Bloomington Animal Shelter with over 60 other dogs. She would do best in a home without other dogs, since she has a bad habit of resource guarding food, toys, etc. from her canine friends. …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 21st, 2023. Later in the program, you will hear a report from local journalist Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin on Bloomington annexation, taken from his “Morning Bulletin.” More in today’s feature report. That’s Vinal Lee – he’s the local chair of Community Organizations Active in Disaster or COAD. Fire, flood, …

[Part One: America’s first certified Energy Positive public library] In the first part of a four part series of feature segments aired by WFHB News and Public Affairs during our Local News and Eco Report programs, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with local eco architect and sustainability pioneer Bill Brown of Griffy Creek Studio about the environmental considerations involved in …

  Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. Coming up later in today’s episode, we learn about the EcoBlitz wildlife survey program monitoring biodiversity and bat populations in Indiana which discovered a new species of bee. We also get details about an upcoming forest protection roundtable as Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks …

Tune in to the episode to learn about this week’s featured animal and topic! Featured animal: Bubby, a cat currently residing with the Bloomington Animal Shelter Featured topic: Fostering animals via Bloomington Animal Shelter — Lil BUB’s Lil Show is a co-production of WFHB and Lil BUB’s Big Fund Segment production by Christine Brackenhoff and Stacy Bridavsky Audio support provided by …