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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday December 22nd, 2021. Later in the program, Covid-19 cases are on the rise across the state as Indiana reported its first positive case involving the Omicron variant. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Log4J Mess on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on WFHB. But first, your Environmental …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 13th, 2021. Later in the program, Monroe County Residents Against Annexation have begun the process to remonstrate, or formally challenge, Mayor John Hamilton’s annexation plan. More coming up in the bottom half of tonight’s show. Also coming up in the next half hour, host Richard Fish covers some of the most …

When you think of drylands, what first comes to mind? A field of zebras galloping across the savannas of Africa. Or, perhaps, a rattlesnake slithering past cacti in the deserts of Arizona. Maybe you think of a herd of cattle, munching their way through the Great Plains of the United States. Dryland ecosystems make up around 40% of the land …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 22nd, 2021. Later in the program, we revisit two stories from WFHB Correspondents Max Campbell and Robert Robinson on Bloomington annexation and a lawsuit filed against Indiana University over its vaccine mandate. More in the bottom half of our show. Also coming up in the next half hour, we introduce a …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 1st, 2021. This week, we present a four-part WFHB News Special where we revisit the stories we covered over the last year. We selected four areas of reporting, which include: Homelessness in Bloomington, the Coronavirus Pandemic, Social Justice Reporting and the Environmental Edition. In our fourth installment of this series, we …

Your environmental headlines:  Every year over one hundred climate scientists fly far into the wilderness and bore deep into Greenland’s largest glacier. Their work is complicated and important. The project is trying to understand how ice streams underneath the glacier are pushing vast amounts of ice into the ocean and how this contributes to rising sea levels. But this year …

31 more deaths were added to Indiana’s coronavirus dashboard. 394 new cases were confirmed. Overall deaths are at 661 people. Total cases are at 12,907. Governor Eric Holcomb announced Tuesday that in spite of the growing numbers, he is working on the early stages of re-opening the state. Holcomb said in his Tuesday afternoon briefing, “We’re going to be informed …

BLOOMINGTON – Hoosier Energy announced last Tuesday their plans to close The Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County in 2023, affecting nearly 200 utility workers. Founded in 1949, Hoosier Energy is a non-profit generation and transmission cooperative. It serves 18 member electric cooperatives in central and southern Indiana, as well as southeastern Illinois. The cooperative’s mission is to provide members …

The Hoosier National Forest saw a record year for prescribed fires in 2019. I asked myself what that means to local residents and about the environment’s current condition. To find some answers I took a journey to the headquarters of Hoosier National Forest in Bedford, Indiana. There I talked about the fires with their Fuel Specialist Jeremy Kolaks. Kolaks said …

A local chapter of the environmental protest group, Extinction Rebellion, has three demands for lawmakers to ensure carbon emissions drop to net zero within the next six years. WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner discusses the Extinction Rebellion organization with the founding XR Bloomington members. The Bloomington chapter of the Extinction Rebellion Organization began in the early summer of 2019. The group …