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B Square Bulletin
- Courthouse square
- Monroe County clerk services move for condensation repairs
- Mayor: Transit payment, election costs account for nearly all of Bloomington’s 2027 budget gap
- Initial report: Monroe County clerk’s office closed due to condensation into light fixtures
- Manifest celebration of community: Alleycat bicycle riders race through Bloomington
The Bloomingtonian
- Indiana University employee accused of using 4-H credit card for personal expenses
- Indiana approves $130.5 million reimbursement tied to gas tax holiday
- ‘Repo Man’ sequel in the works, director Alex Cox reveals at Circle Jerks show in Bloomington
- Indiana delegation urges Trump to approve June disaster declaration as Democrats call for more state flood aid
- Bloomington police investigate vehicle theft, break-ins at Atlas Apartments
Limestone Post
- Stirring the Pot: Let’s Do Lunch
- School Matters: MCCSC Bucks State Trend by Expanding Pre-K
- Revisiting the Deam: A Photographic Journey Through the Deam Wilderness — Redux
- ‘This Vast Enterprise’ Tells Rich, Human Story of Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Indiana Hospitals Cut Services, Form Alliances to Continue Patient Care
Local perspectives
Neighborhood Voices and Columns
Independent analysis, essays, photography, and civic commentary from Bloomington-area writers and columnists.
Steven Higgs
Fifty years of words, images, environmental reporting, and community history.
- INTIMATE LANDSCAPES — Up Colombia’s Upper Amazon River from Leticia to Puerto Nariño and Lake Tarapoto
- INTIMATE LANDSCAPES — Charles C. Deam Wilderness – Wildflowers
- PHOTO ARCHIVE – Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower, Hoosier National Forest – 2013-2026
- PHOTO ARCHIVE: Backyard Deer – Bryan Park, Bloomington, Ind. – 2015-2026
Doc Searls Weblog
Technology, photography, digital culture, and reflections from a foundational weblog author.
The B-Town Bee
Hyper-local lifestyle stories, cultural features, neighborhood dispatches, and trending community news.
Daisybrain
Personal reflections, commentary, essays, and creative observations from a distinctive local voice.
Democracy in Dark Times
Political essays and public commentary from Indiana University Professor Jeffrey C. Isaac.
- Power Often Exceeds Authority, or Why Trump’s Speech Was Very Ominous
- Tonight Trump Will Unleash a Torrent of Dangerous Lies. We Must Be Prepared
- Trump’s July 4 Declaration of War
- Discarding Graham Platner Does Not Mean Discarding His Campaign and its Platform
- Karl Marx, Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump, Malevolent Idiot*
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WFHB Radio
- Bloomington road closures create traffic headaches as IU students return
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WFHB Local News – August 18th, 2026
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Interview with Angela Autumn: Believer, Secretly 30 and Granfalloon
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Art Walk 44 – Keep Creating No Matter What
- WFHB TOP ALBUMS 8/18/26
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WFHB Local News – August 17th, 2026
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LOCAL LIVE: Sophia Stephens
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Eco Report – August 14th, 2026
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Activate! Debbie Fish, Court Appointed Special Advocates
A Moment of Science
WBWB – B-Town Beat Blog
Bloom Magazine
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Indiana University News
- Committees named in searches for College executive dean at IU Bloomington and O’Neill School dean
- Win tickets to ‘Jacobs Live at the Movies: Frozen in Concert’
- Luddy receives grant to 3D digitize Revolutionary War artifacts
- Committee named in search for O’Neill School dean
- Latha’s Latest: Chancellor Updates
- CAPS Canvas course helps faculty support struggling students
- Indiana educators build global connections through initiative in Galápagos
- Tia Thompson turns a passion for public health into support for students
- IU East Nursing Alumnus Selected for U.S. Fulbright Specialist Roster
- Don Fischer documentary to screen at Assembly Hall, community venues
- Faculty, staff invited to lunch with chancellor
- Bringing International Placemaking Week insights home to rural Indiana
- Normal parking permissions to resume for fall semester
- O’Neill student interns safeguard the Indiana State Fair
Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
- Welcome Week Community Guided Bike Tour
- Bloomington Arts Commission Announces 2026 Arts Operations Grant Cycle Now Open
- Mayor Thomson Calls for Accelerated Closure of Monroe County Thomson Property Encampment
- Bloomington Partnership Expands Artist Workspace and Arts Programming
- First evening cohort of 19 nurses graduates from Ivy Tech Bloomington
- Digital Ownership for Small Businesses: What Do You Control?
- Bloomington Safety Week Brings Bike Rides, Community Events and Safe Streets Conversations August 22-28
Member network updates
Statewide reporting
Indiana Politics and Business
State government, legislation, economic trends, jobs, and regional business reporting from across Indiana.
Indiana Capital Chronicle
Independent nonprofit reporting on state government, public policy, and the Indiana General Assembly.
- Indiana Republican senators endorse Garten as chamber’s next top leader
- Indiana shifts $130M to replace road funding lost during gas tax holiday
- Former senator used campaign funds for gifts at state utility agency, Braun alleges
- Black Legislative Caucus warns of potential lawsuit from governor’s executive order
Indiana Economic Digest
Business developments, jobs, economic data, and regional market news from across Indiana.
B-Town calendars
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- Indiana University employee accused of using 4-H credit card for personal expenses
- Bloomington road closures create traffic headaches as IU students return
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WFHB Local News – August 18th, 2026
- Courthouse square
- Live Music
- IU Welcome Weekend at Oliver Winery
- Live music with Postmodern Jazz Quartet at Morgenstern Books
- Live Music at The Tap
- The Boys and the Brit
- Sources: Indiana freshman forward Clemens Sokolov arrives on campus – On3
- Indiana Republican senators endorse Garten as chamber’s next top leader
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Interview with Angela Autumn: Believer, Secretly 30 and Granfalloon
- On What Still Hasn’t Happened
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Choking Under Pressure
- Indiana approves $130.5 million reimbursement tied to gas tax holiday
- Indiana shifts $130M to replace road funding lost during gas tax holiday
- PRESS RELEASE: Volunteer Bloomington! Weekly Features for Aug. 24 – Aug. 30, 2026
- ‘Repo Man’ sequel in the works, director Alex Cox reveals at Circle Jerks show in Bloomington
- Kurt Rubeck Obituary – The Herald Times
- ‘Repo Man’ sequel in the works, director Alex Cox reveals at Circle Jerks show in Bloomington
- PRESS RELEASE: Braver Angels Indiana to Host Workshop “Skills for Disagreeing Better …
- Hoosier Hills Career Center – Indiana – U.S. News & World Report
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Art Walk 44 – Keep Creating No Matter What
- Monroe County clerk services move for condensation repairs
- Xfinity Student Hours | Bloomington, IN Patch
- Former senator used campaign funds for gifts at state utility agency, Braun alleges
- Bloomington Careers
- Mayor: Transit payment, election costs account for nearly all of Bloomington’s 2027 budget gap
- Director, ISP & Business Development in Bloomington, IN – Search Jobs
- Animal Control Officer – Job Bulletin
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