WRFI Community Radio News
1,070 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWRFI Community Radio News brings you local-first news and voices by, and for, the people of Tompkins and Schuyler counties. Listen to AM and PM newscasts each weekday at 88.1FM in Ithaca, 91.9FM in Watkins Glen, at wrfi org or wherever you get your podcasts.
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10-01-2021 Daily Newscast
October 01, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.37 MB10-01-2021 Daily Newscast - $7million Community Recovery Fund Program. - Volunteers for Waterways and Environment Justice Councils. - Some state wide health care workers can test out of vax requirements.
09/30/2021 Newscast
September 30, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 3.41 MBHeadlines for 09/30/2021. Patrick Mehler recommended to represent Ithaca’s 4th ward, Ithaca’s Planning and Development Committee recap, medical marijuana rollout missing deadlines. COVID by the numbers, weather.
09/29/2021 Newscast
September 29, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.96 MBHeadlines for 09/29/2021. Booster COVID vaccine recommendations, Ithaca City Manager proposal. COVID by the numbers, weather.
9/28/2021 Newscast
September 28, 2021 15:36 - 2 minutes - 2.93 MBHeadline news for 9/28/2021. COVID vaccine mandate for medical workers, new medical facility in Ithaca, affordable housing project breaks ground. COVID numbers, weather.
09/27/2010. Daily Newscast
September 27, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.15 MB09/27/2010. Daily Newscast
09-20-2021 - Daily Newscast
September 21, 2021 03:19 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MB09-20-2021 - Daily Newscast
CALL-IN SHOW: "1000 Conversations" about Ithaca's Green New Deal with Luis Aguirre-Torres
September 02, 2021 20:12 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MBCALL-IN SHOW: "1000 Conversations" about Ithaca's Green New Deal with Luis Aguirre-Torres Two years ago, the City of Ithaca passed the Green New Deal resolution, promising that whatever it does to fight climate change will benefit the whole community, especially people with limited means. As the city moves to decarbonize transportation and electricity sources and change the way it heats and cools its buildings, it’s also asking people what it can do to improve their lives. That’s one of ...
The EPA Built a Wall to Contain the Lead at Ithaca Falls. Will the Pollution Ever Be Completely Removed?
August 31, 2021 19:10 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBThe EPA Built a Wall to Contain the Lead at Ithaca Falls. Will the Pollution Ever Be Completely Removed? Efforts to clean up the lead at Ithaca Falls have gone on for almost 20 years, and now the EPA is near completing a limestone wall to contain the pollutants. Once that wall is done, the site will be fully under the care of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. We explore the past remediation efforts to contextualize what this latest effort to address lead pollution at I...