This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, March 30th 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 second installment of this series, we …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, March 25th, 2021. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from the latest edition of Bring It On – Indiana’s only weekly radio program committed to exploring the people, issues and events impacting the African-American community. Clarence Boone and William Hosea talk with Dr. Jeff Hauswald, the newly appointed Superintendent for …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, March 17th, 2021. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from Bring It On, our public affairs program committed to exploring the people, issues and events impacting the African-American community. Today’s excerpt comes from a two-part series about the impact of COVID-19 on the black community and the response of the …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, March 16th, 2021. In today’s show, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty interviews Monroe County Education President, Paul Farmer. Farmer speaks about the recent Blackout For Ed. teacher protest, in which teachers wore black to bring attention to newly proposed state bills that they say would underfund public schools. Stay tuned to hear the …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, March 11th, 2021. Later in the program, we have the latest edition of our podcast, Prescription for Healthcare, hosted by Dr. Rob Stone and Karen Green-Stone. Our guest is Dr. Stan Houston, a professor of medicine and public health, and specialist in infectious diseases at the University of Alberta in Canada. More …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 Later in the program, we turn to WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty, for an interview with State Senator Shelli Yoder. She voiced her support to teachers who say that newly proposed bills would grossly underfunded public schools. Stay tuned to hear the interview. Also coming up in the next half …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, March 1st, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Assistant News Director Sydney Foreman speaks with Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton in our weekly segment – A Few Minutes with the Mayor. Also coming up in the next half hour, we revisit a segment submitted by WFHB Correspondent Katherine Patterson. Patterson reports on an …
Read More »
At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Bloomington City Council committee-of-the-whole will discuss Ordinance 21-06, which would add protections for community members experiencing homelessness. Highlights of the bill include at least a 15-day notice and sufficient housing requirements before the city can evict a person living in a camp. The new bill comes after the office of the mayor issued two …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, February 9th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty hosts part two of a panel discussion on the proposed zoning changes in the City’s new Unified Development Ordinance. The zoning changes have been the source of significant and contentious local debate. That’s coming up in today’s feature reports. Also coming …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, January 26th, 2021. Later in the program, we’ll air the second part of the interview that WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty did with the founders of the Bloomington based “Terran Robotics start-up,” which is using artificial intelligence and drone technology to construct environmentally sound buildings out of natural materials.” Terran Robotics is a …
Read More »
WFHB Bloomington Community Radio