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The National Forest Service is proposing a forest management project for the Hoosier National Forest. The Forest Service is looking for public comment on their proposal to log 4,000 acres from the Hoosier National Forest. This includes 400 acres just south of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area in Monroe County. The project is called the Houston South Vegetation Management …

PART ONE In this episode Executive director of South Central Indiana Housing Opportunities Deborah Myerson joins hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea to discuss efforts to expand housing options for low to moderate income families in Bloomington, Monroe County and surrounding areas. PART TWO In part two we hear from Midterm Election analysis from Mark Fraley, Monroe County Democratic Chairman to …

Bloomington-based Indiana Limestone Company has filled in Sander’s Quarry; The Monroe County Commissioners met with the Monroe County Election Board last week to review issues with the November 6th mid-term election; Indiana lawmakers are expected to take up illegal and unwanted phone calls in January. FEATURE WFHB Correspondent Michael Glab speaks with Michael Koryta about his latest book, based on …

A proposed deer cull at Griffy Nature Preserve in Bloomington has been delayed until next year. City of Bloomington officials said the delay is due to a lack of local hunters signing up for the hunt. The Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department is postponing the hunt, which was planned to take place throughout weekends in November and December. The hunting at …

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 …

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Lake Monroe Report, Salvation Army toy drive from 2-7 at the old Buddy Bills Bait Barn on Moffet lane, RIP Roy Clark, discussion about the California fires, smoke coming all the way across country, mountain lion tracks found in southern indiana, story about a friend of Don’s who found tracks, …

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. Neither does the overall school district. That’s because MCCSC is appealing grades for 13 out of its 21 schools. Until those appeals are voted on by the state board, those schools and …

Monroe County Election officials are verifying ballot tabulations in the Monroe County Council District 2 race; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, acting on behalf of the state, is filing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill was elected by his peers this weekend as the vice chair of the Republican Attorneys General Association; A Catholic High School guidance counselor, who …

Monroe County Election officials are verifying ballot tabulations in the Monroe County Council District 2 race. After voting closed on November 6th, an error was discovered in the program that reads the data collected from ballot scanners. The program was reading the race as under-voted. Republican board member William Ellis explained voters are meant to cast one vote in the …

Recent 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 can drop to dangerous lows. In Bloomington, The Shalom Community Center provides shelter, …