Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:49 — 41.0MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, December 30th, 2021. Over the next two weeks, we will take a look back at the stories we covered in the year 2021. In today’s episode, we will review field reports from the last year. You will hear a public opinion …
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WFHB is seeking an Assistant News Director to assist with our award-winning, independent news department. This 29-hour-a-week position covers local government meetings, news features and a variety of station-operation tasks. You will help produce a daily newscast and assist in managing our volunteer team of citizen journalists. Qualifications: Two years of experience writing, reporting, and producing news programming, particularly for …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:58 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGood afternoon. This is the WFHB Local News for Friday, April 3rd, 2020. Headlines: There are almost 3500 reported cases of Covid-19 in Indiana. 102 total deaths have been confirmed. This is out of almost 1800 people tested by the Indiana State Department of Health. There are 40 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGood evening. Welcome to the WFHB Local News for Monday, March 30th, 2020. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, 1,786 people tested positive for coronavirus in Indiana. 35 people died from Covid-19 out of 11,685 people tested. These numbers were updated at 11:59 p.m. on …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:02 — 3.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGolden Bicycle and Extinction Rebellion are groups in Bloomington who put climate change at the forefront. In a letter to the city, these groups say climate change is the defining issue of our time. The letter addresses how the mayor should allocate local income tax revenue to …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:22 — 5.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn Wednesday night, the ninth Democratic presidential debate took place in Las Vegas, Nevada with Democratic candidates for president: Sanders, Bloomberg, Klobuchar, Warren, and Buttigieg. The debate showed the varying relationships on the stage, especially between Bloomberg and his fellow candidates. The former New York City Mayor …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:10 — 2.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIllinois already requires a permit and a background check for carrying a firearm, however it is also the only state in the country that requires a Firearms Owners Identification Card (FOID) before purchasing and using a gun. In relation to the state of Indiana, Illinois’ shared border …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:01 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In the Bill of Rights, the Second Amendment reads, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The 2020 legislative session rekindled the gun debate in Indiana with …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:28 — 11.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhen most people think of Indiana’s landscape they picture cornfields and flat terrain. Surprisingly, Indiana used to be almost completely covered with forests and wildlife with a limited space filled by bare hills. Indiana’s forest cover pre-settlement is estimated to be around 85%. By the early 1900s …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:42 — 18.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCity and county officials continue to clash over the future of the Monroe County Convention Center. Officials have been working on an expansion project, but they have run into their fair share of roadblocks along the way. Monday evening, city and county officials met to negotiate a …
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