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Charlottesville Right Now, 4pm – 6pm

We go beyond the headlines into the important stories that matter to us locally.
Join NewsRadio WINA’s Courteney Stuart weekdays for the news and newsmakers of the day.

Wednesday, December 8, 202112/08/2021

C-ville Weekly’s Crack the Code on the CODE Building

Ben Hitchcock, editor-in-chief of C-Ville Weekly, discusses their cover story this week –  details of the big, ambiguous CODE building…

Wednesday, December 8, 202112/08/2021

City Councilor Heather Hill on the City Council’s Decision on the Confederate Statues

Courteney Stuart speaks with City Councilor Heather Hill on the decision to give the Confederate statues to The Jefferson School…

Monday, December 6, 202112/06/2021

Bob Roberts on the possible fate of Roe v. Wade

JMU political analyst Bob Roberts joins Charlottesville Right Now with Courteney Stuart to talk about the possible overturning of Roe…

Monday, December 6, 202112/06/2021

Sean Tubbs on Charlottesville City Council’s agenda

Independent journalist Sean Tubbs joins Charlottesville Right Now’s Courteney Stuart on today’s Charlottesville City Council docket including the Rio Road…

Monday, December 6, 202112/06/2021

Independent Journalist Sean Tubbs

Courteney Stuart talks with legendary Charlottesville journalist, Sean Tubbs, on what we need to know and the layman’s terms on…

Thursday, December 2, 202112/02/2021

Local Mother Recovering After Severe Burns

After suffering third-degree burns over 85 percent of her body in September, Charlie Anne Xavier is still recovering in the…

Wednesday, December 1, 202112/01/2021

Dr. Denise Bonds on the Omicron Variant

Dr. Denise Bonds, director of Blue Ridge Health District, discusses what we know of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19,…

Friday, November 12, 202111/12/2021

Dori Zook and Sarah Bixler on Kidnapped Missionaries

It was four weeks ago today that 17 missionaries, 16 from the US and 1 from Canada, were kidnapped in…

Friday, October 22, 202110/22/2021

Martha’s Market is BACK

WINA’s Jay Hart spoke with Kimberly Skelly with the Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation and Saturday they’re doing Martha’s Market. For…

Monday, October 11, 202110/11/2021

Nicholas Goedert on Virginia Redistricting Commission

Va. Tech politics professor Nicholas Goedert is a redistricting expert and believes the commission will approve both state legislative and…

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