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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:02 — 5.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreRecent drops in temperatures can exacerbate the problems faced by those experiencing homelessness. The National Health Care for the Homeless Council says hypothermia can set in at anywhere from 32 – 50 degrees Fahrenheit. When it gets cold, body heat escapes through the skin and internal temperatures …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:58 — 3.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA new report by the Indiana Builders Association finds that new housing prices are increasingly pushing out first time home buyers in the state. We’ll hear from Indiana Builders Association CEO Chris Wajda about that report. Home prices across the state are rising. That’s according to a …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:26 — 22.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOver 350 newspapers across the country published Opinion pieces supporting the freedom of the press, today; A Libertarian push to oust Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson will be heard by the Indiana Election Commission tomorrow; Indiana University is reporting a record-breaking enrollment this semester; A new, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:29 — 21.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County Sheriff’s Deputies shot and killed a man this morning; As students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation go back to school tomorrow, they’re required to obtain Hepatitis A immunizations; The City of Bloomington Utilities department continues to work on removing mercury and asbestos at the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington’s housing market continues to outpace the rest of the state. The city already has the most expensive housing market in Indiana, and recent economic data shows housing market growth at double the state average. Property values in Monroe County jumped 12% in the last year, nearly …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:04 — 4.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter IU Health announced its sale of the downtown Bloomington hospital for $6.5 million to the city of Bloomington, the city contracted the Urban Land Institute to put forward recommendations on what to do with the 24-acre downtown site. As City of Bloomington Communications Director Yael Ksander …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:28 — 5.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Reverend Forest Gilmore cut the ribbon on Crawford II housing development, this afternoon. The homelessness housing project is a joint effort by the Shalom Community Center and LIFE Designs, among others. Rev. Gilmore Spoke with WFHB News Director Wes Martin, about the opening of Crawford 2 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:09:48 — 79.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington and Monroe County residents gathered for the first State of the Black Community in Bloomington City Council Chambers last night. Presenting at the conference were Safe and Civil City Director Rafi Hasan; Black Democratic Caucus Chair William Hosea; Attorney Geoff Bradley; and Associate Professor of Education …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:17 — 27.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis retrospective edition of the Daily Local News highlights some of our best reporting from 2017; New Leaf-New Life’s volunteer-run addiction program is forced out of Monroe County jail; Bloomington’s annexation efforts are thwarted by last minute legislative changes; And a foreclosure case in Bloomington that could …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:52 — 23.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNewly filed court documents are shedding more light on Marsh Supermarkets’ financial troubles; An Indiana official is questioning the Veterans Administration’s plans to shutter 1,000 facilities and leave 4,000 jobs unfilled; Habitat for Humanity helps local family find affordable housing in high-priced Bloomington market; The Board of Directors of …