WRFI Community Radio News

Fresh at 5pm every weekday we bring you local news headlines from across our listening community—all in about 2 minutes. Listen live (88.1FM in Ithaca, 91.9FM Watkins Glen, and 89.7FM across the southern Finger Lakes) or wherever you get your podcasts.

Local News: May 28, 2024

Mass Evictions and Rent Hikes at West Hill ApartmentsResidents at a West Hill apartment complex in Ithaca…

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Features and Interviews

The Undiscovered Country: Taili Mugambee

By Felix Teitelbaum | September 30, 2024

Host Michael Rhynes interviews Taili Mugambee Director or ⁠the Ultimate Re-Entry Opportunity⁠ about re-entry work underway in Tompkins County. The organization works to address housing, employment, safety, health, and wellness of those impacted by incarceration, and to…

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Local Food Security Roundtable [AUDIO]

By Felix Teitelbaum | September 12, 2024

How can we ensure access to healthy, sustainable food for everyone in our community? What can we do as individuals? What changes would you like to see to government policy? How did the pandemic affect the way you eat? …

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Alcance Latino: Starting a Small Farm Business [in Spanish]

By Felix Teitelbaum | September 5, 2024

María José Oviedo y Tim W. Shenk del equipo de Futuro en Ag del Cornell Small Farms Program comparten con Carlos Gutiérrez en el programa Alcance Latino. Invitan a conocer las oportunidades disponibles para productores y aspirantes a…

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Local Headlines

Local News for April 17, 2023

By Celia Clarke | April 17, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News for April 17, 2023

Virginia Officials Confirm Abducted Ithaca Woman’s Cause Of Death WRFI has confirmed that Tatiana David died of multiple gunshot wounds. The Virginia Medical Examiner’s office says her death was a homicide. Police say their investigation is ongoing. David was abducted in Ithaca on April 5 and died that night in Virginia. Michael Davis is charged…

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Local news for April 14, 2023

By Celia Clarke | April 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Local news for April 14, 2023

Local News for April 14, 2023 Cornell Student Found Dead In His Dorm  Cornell student Matthew Friedman was found unresponsive in his residence hall on Wednesday. He was pronounced dead a while later. He was a first year student from Marlboro, New Jersey. The Cornell Daily Sun reports that Friedman planned to become a doctor.…

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