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(09/16/20 11:36pm)
Tamara Loewenthal, executive director of the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, said she estimates that her organization lost up to $40,000 from canceling its spring programming due to COVID-19.
(09/15/20 10:30pm)
Monroe County attorneys and judges are scrambling to figure out how the newly enacted federal moratorium on evictions applies locally. Some worry the moratorium will only delay evictions, rather than prevent them.
(09/13/20 10:36pm)
Residents in Plato’s Court at Knights Landing, a Bloomington apartment complex, have reported multiple issues, such as insufficient parking and unfair charges, to the Plato's Court management, but said they feel no steps are being taken to address the problems.
(09/07/20 1:39am)
The Friends of the Library Bookstore, located in the Monroe County Public Library, is about a month and a half into its Blind Date with a Bag of Books program. This program allows customers to purchase five books for $5.
(09/03/20 10:09pm)
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, public transportation has seen a large decrease in ridership due to public safety concerns and national attempts to mitigate risk. Compared to 2019, ridership dropped 9.9% nationwide in the first quarter of 2020, according to the American Public Transit Association. In Bloomington, however, public transit rates are even lower.
(09/08/20 2:15pm)
With recent guidelines issued for safety against the COVID-19 pandemic by the Monroe County Health Department and the return of the IU student population, many popular local restaurants around Bloomington have expanded and adjusted their outdoor seating options.
(09/03/20 11:20pm)
The Owlery has been providing IU students and Bloomington residents with vegan and vegetarian meals since they opened their doors in 2011. Due to COVID-19 safety concerns and uncertainties, the restaurant closed indefinitely in March. The current owners announced Aug. 22 The Owlery will soon reopen under new ownership.
(08/04/20 7:34pm)
A Bloomington Transit bus driver tested positive for coronavirus on Aug. 1.
(08/03/20 4:13pm)
Margaret Taylor sat on a chair, bent over the children’s book section of the store as she sorted through the books on a wooden shelf. She took a picture book from a tall stack sitting beside her, putting into place one of over 18,000 books on her shelves.
(07/21/20 1:33am)
Bloomington Mexican restaurant La Una Cantina announced July 16 that it will be closed for a week to sanitize after multiple employees tested positive for COVID-19.
(07/21/20 1:16am)
As the pandemic hit and the country launched into an economic crisis, the U.S. Small Business Administration released the Paycheck Protection Program to financially support businesses through the pandemic. The goal of the program is to keep businesses afloat and retain workers. Since then, 4.9 million businesses have received loans, including over 79,000 in Indiana.
(07/15/20 12:14am)
An employee at the campus location of Mother Bear’s Pizza at 1428 E. Third St. tested positive for COVID-19, according to a Monday Facebook announcement from Mother Bear’s Pizza Campus.
(07/09/20 4:34am)
Bloomington organizations have ramped up efforts to promote racial equity and support Black people in the local community since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
(06/26/20 6:13am)
Wheeler Mission Center for Women and Children Bloomington will close July 5 due to a lack of crucial funding.
(06/24/20 3:22am)
The annual Hoosier to Hoosier Community Sale in August is canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the items left behind in IU dorms that are usually sold at the event will go directly to local nonprofits.
(06/18/20 5:31am)
A portion of Kirkwood Avenue will be closed to vehicles this weekend after city council members voted to approve the plan Wednesday night.
(06/16/20 5:06am)
It was supposed to be their last job before retirement. A last big endeavor after a life full of adventure that had brought them from Indiana to the Rocky Mountains and back.
(06/11/20 3:54am)
In response to the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, multiple IU organizations have begun to fundraise to show their support for the current movements across the country. Over the past week, organizations have raised tens of thousands of dollars which have been donated to many Black-owned or supported groups.
(06/11/20 12:42am)
If you’re looking to support more local businesses in Bloomington amid the coronavirus, nationwide protests after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police or in general, the IDS put together a list of Black-owned businesses in Bloomington and here are in-depth looks at three of them.
(06/08/20 11:23pm)
Nancy Crenshaw ran Pygmalion’s Art Supplies after her brother, John Wilson, died last June. The business was doing well until February, when Crenshaw received her new lease agreement.