Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:53 — 26.0MB)Subscribe: RSSYou’re listening to Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. Last month we looked into problems caused by the Housing Crisis, this month we will share possible solutions. In Monroe County, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:01 — 20.7MB)Subscribe: RSSYou’re listening to Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate, where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. This month we are looking into the Housing Crisis, next month we will address possible solutions. In today’s edition of Deep …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 15th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Assistant News Director Noelle Herhusky-Schneider continues her coverage on the Buffalo Springs Restoration Project. She speaks with Marion Mason and Chris Thornton from the U.S. Forest Service for the second part of the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for September 30th, 2021. Later in the program, we have a new edition of Prescription for Healthcare – a monthly podcast collaboration between WFHB and Medicare for All – Indiana. More in the bottom half of tonight’s show. Also coming up in the …
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On Monday, teachers and people who work with children or in schools became eligible to sign-up get Covid-19 vaccines. And on Tuesday morning, Hoosiers aged 45-49 also became eligible to sign up. If you qualify, you can sign up online by visiting Oourshot.in.gov, over the phone by calling 2-1-1 for assistance, or by contacting one of Indiana’s Area Agencies on …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:30 — 14.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAt 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Bloomington City Council committee-of-the-whole will discuss Ordinance 21-06, which would add protections for community members experiencing homelessness. Highlights of the bill include at least a 15-day notice and sufficient housing requirements before the city can evict a person living in a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:10 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, February 24th, 2021. Later in the program, the Bloomington City Council committee of the whole will discuss a proposed ordinance that would provide protections for community members experiencing homelessness tonight at 6:30 p.m. WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks …
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A new winter shelter for people without housing, run by Beacon Inc., opened less than two weeks ago, but almost every night it’s been at or near capacity, with just shy of fifty people sleeping there. Beacon rushed to open the shelter after an unprecedented number of people without housing were forced to camp in Seminary Park this winter. Disregarding …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 20.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWith temperatures falling below freezing as we approach mid-winter, the city has opted to evict the tent residents at Seminary Square. Almost simultaneously, Beacon, Inc. (formerly the Shalom Community Center) announced the opening of a new low-barrier shelter in a large commercial gym facility near Switchyard Park. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:46 — 20.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA low-barrier, emergency winter shelter is set to open tonight for people experiencing homelessness in Bloomington. Reverend Forrest Gilmore, executive director of Beacon Inc., announced the opening of Beacon’s Winter Shelter in an interview with WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty on Monday. “It was prompted by urgency,” said …
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