WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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HEADLINES:
International students who overstay their visa may be barred from entering the United States; Beginning in October of 2020, state-issued Identification cards, like drivers licenses, will no longer allow Indiana residents to board flights; Indiana is at risk of losing its Amazon Headquarters bid, due to a lack of LGBTQ protections; A recent survey of the City of Bloomington’s water system indicates the city is losing 235 million gallons of water per year; A portion of Kirkwood Avenue will be closed for three days next month to replace a collapsed culvert on Kirkwood, between Madison and Maple Streets.
FEATURE:
Indiana wildlife groups are pushing for recognition of Indiana’s Lake Sturgeons as a federally endangered species. The fish- which can grow up to eight feet in length and live to over a hundred years old- has seen a 99% population reduction in the last century. In today’s feature report, WFHB correspondent Jonah Chester discusses the importance of the sturgeon with Hoosier Environmental Council Senior Policy Director Tim Maloney.
BETTER BEWARE:
Scammers are targeting residents in our listening area, using local area codes! Everything you need to know about a group of local frauds, on a new edition of our consumer watchdog segment Better Beware!
CREDITS:
Today’s headlines were written by Frances Sheets, Jonah Chester and Wes Martin, Along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, in partnership with Community Access Television services.
Better Beware was produced by Richard Fish,
Our anchors are Scott Weddle and Barbara Fuqua.
Our feature was produced by Jonah Chester.
Our engineer today is Jenna Jankowski.
Our theme music is provided by Ben Lumsdaine, Dani Graf, and Scott Schmadeke.
Executive Producer is Wes Martin.
