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Pilot Program in Tompkins Adds Emergency Responders Emergency response times in Tompkins County should be getting shorter. State Senator Lea Webb was in Ithaca Tuesday to announce additional state funding for the county’s Rapid Medical Response program. The two-year pilot program operates three emergency response vehicles and employs nine EMTs. According to Webb, emergency response in many rural areas of New York is slow and first responders are stretched thin. According to the Ithaca Voice, the program started earlier this month, and has already shown results. On the program’s first day, County Administrator Lisa Holmes told the legislature a woman with a broken hip got medical help from the team in just seven…
Youth Farm Project participants Stella Sapp-Dietrich and Etienne Exantus and Ray Hage Assistant Director of Cornell’s Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP) with Greta Garrison of the Youth Radio Project on WRFI.
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Listen to author Raul Palma in conversation with student organizers April Morales, Emily Trage, Riley Rhoder and Professor Jacob White. The 2024 New Voices Festival runs from April 24-26 at Ithaca College and in your community.
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What does community radio mean to you? We think this commercial-free, free-form, independent station helps make our listeners lives-and life in our communities-just a little better. We strive to make programing that opens ears, opens hearts, and leads us to ask important questions about our world. Even if it’s just to ask yourself, “What in…
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This is the last of my three stories about freedom of expression at Cornell University this year. Here are links to the first and second stories. The academic theme at Cornell this year is “Freedom of Expression.” In earlier stories, we reported about the general mood at Cornell around free speech, and students’ opinions about…
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Looking at the local COVID-19 caseload, the latest numbers, released on Sunday from the Tompkins County Health Department, indicate that there are 12 additional positives, and 4 new recoveries. According to the County Health Department, that leaves 60 active cases of COVID-19 in Tompkins. In Schuyler County, there are 10 new cases of COVID-19 reported…
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On the day after election day, WRFI General Manager Felix Teitelbaum interviewed State Senate Democratic challenger for the 58th District, Leslie Danks Burke. Burke was the most popular candidate in Tompkins County, but ultimately lost to Republican incumbent Tom O’Mara, who won the 2020 election. Listen to the full interview below, and hear local news…
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Looking at the local COVID-19 caseload, the latest numbers, released today from the Tompkins County Health Department, indicate that there are 6 additional positive cases, and 3 recoveries. According to the County Health Department, that leaves _50__ active cases of COVID-19 in Tompkins. In Schuyler County, there are 7 new cases of COVID-19 reported as…
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Kendal at Ithaca retirement community announces that it will reopen to visitors as early as next week following nearly 3 weeks of closure due to residents and staff testing positive for COVID-19. The Ithaca Voice reports that during the three-week shutdown, Kendal administrators published daily updates on positive tests and steps being taken to reduce…
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