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

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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Alcance Latino: Starting a Small Farm [in Spanish]

By Felix Teitelbaum | September 1, 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: January 19, 2024

By Celia Clarke | January 19, 2024 | Comments Off on Local News: January 19, 2024

– Tompkins Emergency Response warns of arctic blast this weekend – Tompkins County Emergency Response says arctic air blasts coming this weekend could push wind chill temperatures below zero. The agency says people should take extra precautions to avoid frostbite and hypothermia. Signs of hypothermia include slurred speech, loss of hand dexterity, confusion, and memory…

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Local News: January 18, 2024

By Celia Clarke | January 18, 2024 | Comments Off on Local News: January 18, 2024

– TCAT announces Spring schedule, some routes will still be limited – The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) the county’s public bus service announced its Spring schedule. Many of the route cutbacks from the fall will remain in place. TCAT says they have hired some new drivers but not as many as they need. The…

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