This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 4th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB News speaks with the communications head of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education about the opening of the Free Application for Federal Student AID, better known as FAFSA. More coming up in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, City …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, August 5th, 2021. Later in the program, Human Rights Activist Vauhxx Booker condemned felony charges against him related to a racist incident at Lake Monroe over one year ago. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington City Council presented ordinances for the annexation of 8 areas in Monroe County. …
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A local “citizen-organized group” has undertaken a coordinated effort to mobilize residents across Monroe County to challenge their potential annexation by the City of Bloomington. WFHB met with Monroe County Residents Against Annexation member Margaret Clements who further elaborated on the function and role of such an organization. “That is Monroe County Residents Against Annexation (MCRAA)… they’re our grassroots effort …
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On Wednesday May 19th, the City of Bloomington is set to resume annexation of nearly 10,000 acres of Monroe County land, a process that has become a divisive issue among residents in the city and surrounding areas. Beginning in 2017, the Annexation process was initially halted after state legislation was passed by the Indiana General Assembly and signed by Governor …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 17th, 2021. Later in the program, we have the latest edition of A Few Minutes with the Mayor – a weekly segment where Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton answers listener-posed questions on community issues. That’s coming up in today’s feature reports. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Robert …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 5th, 2021. Later in the program, we will hear from Brett Voorhies, President of the Indiana American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, about a report which shows an increase of workplace fatalities in Indiana. More coming up in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 3rd, 2021. Later in the program, we have a Few Minutes with the Mayor – a weekly segment where Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton answers questions on community issues. More coming up in our feature reports. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have coverage on Bloomington’s public zoning debate …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 29th, 2021. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from this week’s episode of Interchange. Producer Doug Storm talks with journalist Vincent Bevins about his book The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World. More coming up in today’s feature reports. Also coming …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 22nd, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Max Campbell reports on last week’s mass shooting in Indianapolis. He speaks with Indiana University Professor and former Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Bill Helmke and President of the Sikh Student Association Ravleen Kaur Ahuja. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up …
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The Kohr Building, on Rogers, in between 1st and 2nd Street just moved closer in the process to be redeveloped into, what the City of Bloomington calls, affordable housing. The City of Bloomington bought the building as a part of a deal which saw the City buy the old Bloomington Hospital site on 2nd Street from the IU Health. Next …
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