Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 30th, 2025. In today’s newscast, Gerard Pannekoek walks through the mission of the recent Granfalloon Festival. You’ll get a deep dive into the “how and why” of Granfalloon later in the show in a feature report. Also, you will hear …
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February 14, 2020: The Penal System is Bleeding Out
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 47.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s episode, we start off with a call for action from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. JLS is calling for a new set of actions from August 21- September 9, 2020. After we hear from them, we share the story of Nick, a long-time Bloomingtonian who passed …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:38 — 65.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMayor’s election campaign post is shared through city’s official account; Russiaville, Indiana tax preparer refuses her services to a lesbian couple; Indiana State Senate Republicans vote to gut hate crimes bill; Monroe County’s Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative saves the county money; Monroe County Commissioners discuss the need for smoke detectors in rental units. …
Read More »Founder of Indiana Recovery Alliance Leaving Indiana
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:51 — 13.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | More Chris Abert says he founded The Indiana Recovery Alliance after walking along the B-Line trail in Bloomington and handing out blankets years ago. The area non-profit is engaged in what Abert terms Harm-Reduction, helping people experiencing addiction work towards QUOTE Any positive change. The Indiana Recovery Alliance …
Read More »Daily Local News – February 13, 2019
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:37 — 67.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNational Endowment for the Arts Announces $27 Million in Grants; HUD to Fund New Shalom Development; Monroe County Council Approves Ongoing Funding for Harm Reduction Program; Council Supports Shalom Center Weekend Operations; Monroe County Ask For More Conversation about Hoosier Logging; Information Session Held Tonight on North-West …
Read More »Daily Local News – February 12, 2019
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:40 — 70.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBall State Study says that Indiana’s housing market never fully recovered from the Great recession; Indiana Senate passes bill further restricting annexation by municipal governments; Ellettsville wracked by flooding; Bloomington Transit to receive an additional nine million dollars in funding for 2019. FEATURE Indiana Recovery Alliance Director …
Read More »This Years’ Opioid Summit to Focus on Harm Reduction
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:15 — 1.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Second Annual South Central Indiana Opioid Summit begins Tuesday. The two-day summit features a legislative panel, presentations by organizations involved in combating the opioid epidemic, as well as networking, and project planning sessions. Monroe County Commissioner and co-founder of the South Central Indiana Opioid Summit, Amanda Barge …
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