WRFI Community Radio News

Latest Local Headlines

Local News for June 8, 2023

By Celia Clarke | June 8, 2023 |

– Air Quality Worsens Across The Finger Lakes As Canadian Wildfires Continue – The effects of Canadian wildfires are getting worse in our area. For a third day, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality warning. And they now say the air is unhealthy for everyone. The state health department is…

Read More

Local News for June 7, 2023

By Celia Clarke | June 7, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News for June 7, 2023

– Air Quality Warning Stays In Effect – The state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued another air quality warning for today. Smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing hazy skies and poor air quality across most of New York state including the southern Finger Lakes.   Joanne Labounty is with the Binghamton office of the National…

Read More

WRFI is your hyper-local, community news source for Tompkins and Schuyler counties. George Christopher, Lucas Santiago, and Felix Teitelbaum report.

Keep up to date on local news. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts.

Features and Interviews

Which Way Forward: Conversations on Systematic Oppression

By WRFI News Staff | July 20, 2020

The coronavirus crisis has highlighted and exacerbated long-standing, racial and social inequities. Now, the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others have ignited renewed outrage and mobilization against systemic racism, oppression, and police violence. What can we learn from past struggles, and how can we build a strategy for dismantling the systems that…

Which Way Forward: A Black Lives Matter Forum [AUDIO]

By WRFI News Staff | June 15, 2020

The coronavirus crisis has highlighted and exacerbated long-standing, racial and social inequities. Now, the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others have ignited renewed outrage and mobilization against systemic racism, oppression, and police violence. What can we learn from past struggles, and how can we build a strategy for dismantling the systems that…

Like This Program?

When you support WRFI with a donation you make shows like this possible. 
Will you throw down $10 bucks?