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EC schools to begin superintendent search

Two community forums will be held at 6 p.m. on April 15 at Block Middle School, and East Chicago Central High School as part of the superintendent search.

NWI residents, upset over refinery pollution, take complaints to IDEM permitting meeting

BP Whiting refinery news: Indiana Department of Environmental Management meeting on oil refinery outage abruptly canceled

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management canceled a meeting Wednesday on last week's outage at the BP Whiting oil refinery.

IDEM, East Chicago schools trade blame over canceled BP refinery air permit meeting

A crowd of around 100 region residents and environmental advocates left East Chicago Central High School frustrated and angry Thursday night after a scheduled public hearing on BP Whiting refinery’s air permit was canceled at the last minute. The meeting was organized by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, who blamed the cancellation on a decision by East Chicago’s interim .

IDEM to extend comment period and reschedule public hearing on BP Whiting Refinery pollution after school superintendent locked out the public and press

Kimberly Rodriguez said it hurt to breathe when excessive flaring at the BP Whiting Refinery blackened the air over her neighborhood. After East Chicago Central High School locked the pubic