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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, March 7th, 2024. In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Brookelyn Lambright discusses the Bloomington Women’s Liberation Movement in a new episode of History Unbound. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, local activist Courtney Daily was selected as the District 5 representative for …

In this week’s edition of Eco Report EXTRA, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets an update from the Indiana State House in a conversation with Tim Maloney, Senior Policy Director for the Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC) on bills moving through the Indiana Legislature that relate to the ecological health of our state. Maloney is the prime emissary of the HEC to …

HEADLINES A proposed settlement agreement negotiated between utility companies, local governments and advocacy groups could finalize that one of the most carbon-emitting power plants in the state will close before the end of the decade. —Norm Holy The New York Times is skeptical of the fervor about black vultures attacking calves. The accounts described of Indiana farmlands and elsewhere seem …

City of Bloomington Fire Department Battalion Chief Neville Vaughan tells the story of the December, 1925 accident – when City Fire Truck #1 was struck by a train, while responding to an alarm. Fire Chief Clarence Strain Died as a result of the accident. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information …

Indiana has released accountability grades for schools within the state, but more than half of the schools within the Monroe County Community School Corporation don’t yet have grades; Indiana is reporting the first death of a resident, due to influenza this year; An ice storm that hit parts of Indiana created hazardous roads conditions that contributed to one motorist’s death, shut …

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced yesterday it’s endorsing Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun; Overcrowding in a Terre Haute jail has resulted in a federal judge ruling that prisoner conditions are unconstitutional; Indiana will receive nearly $1.5 million from the ride-hailing company Uber; The City of Bloomington’s Griffy Lake water treatment plant shut down in 1996, but the plant is …

The Bloomington City Council is reviewing the procedures for the use of the police department’s armored vehicle during their meeting, tonight; Firefighters and emergency service providers will soon be applying for a slice of the local public safety tax pie; The Indiana Department of Revenue redistributed nearly a half million dollars in taxes to Monroe County, last week. The unemployment rate in …

Bloomington city officials announced in a press conference last week that the city is preparing to pay over $200,000 in back pay to city firefighters following a change in how the city calculates overtime pay. Previously, the city used a system called “fluctuating workweek overtime.” Under that arrangement, employees are paid a fixed salary per week, and any overtime pay for …

Tensions in Standing Rock, North Dakota have been on the rise during the past couple weeks, with several Bloomington residents there to participate and observe, including several WFHB reporters; Bloomington city officials announced in a press conference last week that the city is preparing to pay over $200,000 in back pay to city firefighters following a change in how the …