Dave Askins

The demolition of about two dozen buildings—several of them single-family houses—north of 17th Street, between Lincoln and Washington streets, will start sometime in the last three months of this year. The removal of the buildings will make way for a new student housing development called Bloomington HUB II,

Getting unanimous approval from Bloomington’s plan commission on Monday night was a site plan for the supportive housing and shelter facility that Beacon, Inc. is planning to build on 3rd Street south of Rose Hill Cemetery. The 45,000-square-foot two-story building, which will include a day shelter, a 50-bed

At a special meeting on Monday, Monroe County’s election board voted to recommend a change to county code that would increase the not-to-exceed amounts for Election Day poll workers. It is the Monroe County commissioners, who would need to enact the change to the county code that sets Election

Just a little over 100 days after Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson was sworn into office, a big number of Bloomington residents are not sure if they approve or disapprove of her job performance so far. But more than four times as many Democrats approve of Thomson’s performance as disapprove

With three weeks left before the May 7 primary Election Day, a scientific poll shows most voters still unsure about their choice of candidates in local Monroe County races. In the three-way race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for District 3 Monroe County commissioner, 60 percent of poll respondents

Appearing on the Bloomington city council’s meeting agenda for next Wednesday (April 17) is a resolution opposing the construction of a pipeline in north central Indiana for the diversion of water from the Wabash River. The pipeline is part of the LEAP (Limitless Exploration/Advanced Pace) District, which is