Dave Askins

On Monday afternoon, the expansion project for the Monroe Convention center took a procedural step forward. At its Monday meeting, the county’s FABTAC (food and beverage tax advisory commission) approved a requested additional expenditure from food and beverage tax revenues, to support the revised 2024 budget for the Monroe

Two more ambulances are now available to respond to emergency medical calls in Monroe County. That will be followed sometime in the coming months with another two, for a total of four, additional ambulances that will be deployed by Monroe County Fire Protection District. The purchase of the four ambulances

Last week, on Monday, Bloomington Transit launched a new on-demand service called BLink. Using the BLink app, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, passengers can request a ride between any of three zones inside the city of Bloomington—North, East, and Downtown. The pickup window

The latest timeline for an expansion to the Monroe Convention Center puts the completion at the end of 2026. If all goes as planned, attendees of events in the expanded facility might have a new dining option in downtown Bloomington. The new eatery is part of a project to be

Monroe County’s health department has released the reports for inspections of food service operations that were conducted in June 2024. Of the 81 places that were inspected in June, 36 had no violations. That’s the same number that recorded at least one critical violation. Recording at least one

At its Tuesday meeting, Bloomington Transit’s five-member board of directors received a presentation on the proposed 2025 budget, a preliminary report about a possible new east-west high-frequency bus line  for Bloomington, and an update on the launch of its new BLink microtransit service. At $32.6 million, Bloomington Transit’