Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:18 — 8.4MB)Subscribe: RSSDuring the government shutdown in October and November, Indiana’s most vulnerable citizens came very close to going hungry. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly known as SNAP, were delayed by over a week and cut by 35% for more than half a million Hoosiers. Local food pantries stepped up, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:46 — 49.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 29th, 2026. In today’s newscast, you’ll hear Bloomington State Representative Matt Pierce, frustrated that he could not get lawmakers to cover food benefits for low-income Hoosiers during the government shutdown. Learn how close some Hoosiers came to going hungry at …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:59 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 10th, 2025. In today’s newscast, local voices share what gives them hope amid the doom and gloom of the 24-hour news cycle. WFHB reporters hit the streets to find out what lifts you up later in the show in a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, November 5th, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB News Correspondent Catherine Terwilliger speaks with Julio Alonso, executive director of Hoosier Hills Food Bank, about how the government shutdown has impacted SNAP benefits in Monroe County. More in today’s feature report. Also coming …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. In today’s newscast, we hear from Lou Barnhart, the development director of Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, about how the cancellation of SNAP benefits has impacted Monroe County. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:41 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSSStory By: Madison Stratton “You know, abundance is our watchword and so we focus on taking the abundance that is in our world and giving it to those who don’t have abundance and making sure that they can move from survival to thriving,” said Jada Bee. According to the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 27th, 2020. In today’s show, Sydney Foreman and Kade Young provide an update on the Bloomington hospital site. Indiana State Department of Health reported 370 new positive cases and 21 new deaths from Covid-19. Also coming up in …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:56 — 13.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhen the federal government shut down in January, SNAP benefits began to dry up. The state agency which handles SNAP benefits – the Families and Social Services Administration – issued this month’s benefits early, in an effort to mitigate the effects of the longest government shutdown in …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:21 — 20.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington residents near the Grimes and Walnut Street sewer replacement project will have to bear another month of night time drilling. Among the proposed changes in a new traffic plan for Bloomington is an idea to replace the existing north and south one ways of Walnut and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:42 — 20.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn affordable housing development planned for the former Thomson plant property is moving forward, and Commissioners declared Friday, May 11th as Housing for Hoosiers Day. The National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign takes place this Saturday, May 12, and benefits the Hoosier Hills Food …
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