Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Robert Shull. Later in the program, we will listen to Part 2 by Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze as he speaks with a homesteader and sustainability educator from Spencer, Indiana about her life journey in academia and as a nature lover from a young …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, November 30th, 2023. Later in the program, Civic Conversations – a collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. This month, we are joined by Health Officer Dr. Clark Brittain and Board Member George Hegeman of the Monroe County Health Department …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey.  And I’m Frank Marshalek. In today’s program, we learn more about restoring social sustainability from eco architect and village builder Mark Lakeman of Planet Repair, inspired by his expeditions into indigenous communities to reconnect isolated Americans by implementing neighborhood place making projects. That’s coming …

Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. Coming up later in this edition of Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets an update from Steven Stewart of the Indiana Forest Alliance on a new attempt at prescribed burning and logging proposed for the Lake Monroe watershed. And now …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. Coming up in this edition of Eco Report, we have Part Two of a conversation between Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze and eco architect Mark Lakeman on the human ecology of place making and building tiny home ecovillages for the unhoused …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. Coming up in this edition of Eco Report, we learn about the human ecology of place making and building ecovillages for the unhoused community as Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze explores urban permaculture solutions for societal problems with eco architect Mark …

Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Noelle Herhusky-Schneider. In this edition of Eco Report, we will learn about sustainability measures taken by Jeff Mease of One World Enterprises to green his local food businesses in the second half of a recent interview with Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze. That’s coming up …

Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I am Cynthia Roberts. Later in this half hour, we hear from Marilyn Bauchat of Uplands Network, an aspect of the Hoosier Chapter of the Sierra Club, about their conservation initiatives and upcoming events. And now for your environmental reports: Inside Clean Energy reports …

From 7 to 9 p.m., WFHB News gave live updates on the mayor’s race from inside the Cascades Inn, where the Monroe County Democratic Party hosted its Primary Election Day watch party. You will hear the WFHB Newsroom provide updates on the race throughout the night and deliver the final results of the local primary, …

Update: According to reporting by the Indiana Daily Student, Declan Farley announced late last month that he will be leaving IU. Protesters gathered for a march and town hall in Bloomington to demonstrate against Indiana University’s response to recent acts of discrimination. On January 14th, IU student Declan Farley posted a TikTok about harassment he …

You’re listening to Activate –  narratives from people making positive change – done in collaboration with the Bloomington Volunteer Network. Today’s episode features Susan Seizer and Leslie Davis of Wheelie Women with the Mobility Aids Lending Library (MALL). We turn now to the latest installment of Activate on the WFHB Local News. The City of …

In September of 2022, an Indiana University student burned and vandalized a sacred Jewish object at a student’s home. The object in question, a mezuzah, symbolizes to the outside world the occupants’ relationship with God and their home as a Jewish household.  The article states the Bloomington Police have the suspect in custody, and if …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, November 10th, 2022. Later in the program, Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Indiana Republicans secured every statewide race in the …

Five years ago, Westchester on the Move, A disability rights organization headquartered in Westchester, filed a lawsuit against transportation company Lyft, in which the organization asserted that Lyft was violating the Americans with Disabilities by not providing Wheelchair Accessible vehicles that accommodate customers with non-foldable wheelchairs. According to an August 22 report by NBC News, …

On September 25th, the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition voted ‘no’ on strike authorization with a 91 percent majority. The union voted ‘yes’ on setting a future strike date if negotiations with the university fail.  To provide insight into the graduate workers union, WFHB News spoke with Anne Kavalerchik, member of the Coordinating Committee for the …

Head trauma in sports like football has been a growing concern in the sports world. This has been partially fueled by the discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive brain disease resulting from too much head trauma. There have been numerous studies on the effects of head trauma in sports. For Dr. Kei Kawata, …