Every month, the news team at 89.1 WBOI covers events in northeast Indiana and around the state. This week on WBOI Presents, we are taking a look back 2017.
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Part One. Zach Bernard has more on the status of Fort Wayne’s fight against opioids (00:38), Zach Bernard joins us in the studio (09:21), Araceli Gomez-Aldana looks back at the regional healthcare shakeup with Sherry Slater from the Journal Gazette (14:35)
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Past WBOI coverage: http://wboi.org/post/fort-wayne-joins-statewide-opioid-legal-effort#stream/0
http://wboi.org/post/lutheran-health-network-announces-new-medical-campus#stream/0
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Part Two. Araceli Gomez-Aldana speaks with Martin Fisher about major science headlines from 2017 and the importance of science literacy (00:22), Julia Meek and Ben Clemmer look back at a year's worth of major arts and culture moments (10:43)
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Past coverage: http://wboi.org/post/new-south-side-pub-connects-citys-social-scene#stream/0
http://wboi.org/post/south-side-neighborhood-restaurant-getting-back-carhop-business#stream/0
http://wboi.org/post/historic-clyde-theatre-reopen-arts-and-entertainment-destination#stream/0
http://wboi.org/post/renovations-begin-historic-clyde-theatre#stream/0
http://wboi.org/post/addison-agen-readies-final-music-battles-voice#stream/0
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Part Three. Zach Bernard speaks with Indiana Public Broadcasting's Lauren Chapman (00:30), welcome Rebecca Green (09:41).
The newest member of our team! http://wboi.org/people/rebecca-green
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