Dave Askins

Based on Duke Energy’s outage map, as of 5 a.m. on Saturday morning (July 1) about 77,000 of the power company’s Indiana customers were still without power after a destructive windstorm  blasted the Hoosier state around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. In Monroe County, the

Monroe County’s emergency management agency has announced the locations of eight cooling stations, set up in area fire stations, with hours on Friday (June 30) and  Saturday  (July 1) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The move comes after a storm packing high winds moved through the

The storm that blew through the Bloomington area around 4 p.m. on Thursday knocked out power to at least 21,000 Duke Energy customers in the region, according to the power company’s outage map. Even though the Monroe County courthouse still had power, a 4:30 p.m.

The long-planned expansion of the Monroe Convention Center, which has been stalled since March 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, could take a small step forward next week. At their regular meeting next Wednesday (July 5), Monroe County commissioners are likely to consider and approve an ordinance that will establish

On Nov. 7, voters who live in the Monroe County Community School Corporation will decide whether to increase their property tax rate by 8.5 cents. The resolution to put the question on the ballot was approved by the MCCSC board on Tuesday night at its regular monthly meeting. The

During its meeting last Wednesday, Bloomington’s city council cut off the mic of a public commenter, recessed the meeting, retreated from its chambers to the council’s office suite, then emerged about 10 minutes later to resume the meeting. When council president Sue Sgambelluri reconvened the meeting, Dareal Ruble