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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.

Monday, April 5, 202104/05/2021

Virginia Institute for Autism | The Race and More

April is Autism Awareness Month. Les Sinclair talks with Larry Garretson – Director of Communications, Virginia Institute of Autism.

Monday, April 5, 202104/05/2021

Advance Care Planning

Laura A. Pilati, Engagement Coordinator and Certified First Steps Advance Care Planning Facilitator with Honoring Choices Virginia, speaks with Les Sinclair…

Friday, April 2, 202104/02/2021

Child Abuse Awareness Month in April

Cynthia Hurst, Executive Director for Foothills Child Advocacy Center discusses the organization and some facts you should know to be…

Friday, April 2, 202104/02/2021

The Civil War in Virginia, this week 156 years ago

In this segment, Les Sinclair talks with historian Rick Britton about THIS WEEK IN US HISTORY: This week 156 years…

Wednesday, March 31, 202103/31/2021

POP-UP ART WILL LIGHT UP UVA GROUNDS

The University of Virginia will light up the sky with the first pop-up projection mapping show UVA’s most iconic buildings…

Wednesday, March 31, 202103/31/2021

Study Shows Stem Cell Transplants Prevent Relapsesof Most Common Childhood Cancer

Les Sinclair speaks with Daniel “Trey” Lee, MD, a pediatric oncologist and Director of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant and Immunotherapy…

Wednesday, March 31, 202103/31/2021

COVID-19 After-effect–Hair Loss

WINA’s Dori Zook talks to Dr. Maggie Noland, UVA dermatologist, on hair loss after COVID-19

Monday, March 29, 202103/29/2021

CACF AWARDS LARGEST GRANT EVER.

The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation has made the largest grant in its fifty-four-year history—$4.25 million to Piedmont Housing Alliance to…

Monday, March 29, 202103/29/2021

One Year Into Pandemic: Recovering from Workplace Stress.

COVID fatigue in the workplace is a real thing and Virginia Tech professor Charles Calderwood says he sees a lot…

Monday, March 29, 202103/29/2021

Brood X Cicadas About to Emerge

The 17-year Brood X Cicadas, also known as the Great Eastern Brood, will soon debut from their long underground life…

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18 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

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When CBS ended "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" earlier this year, it also shuttered the program's robust music offerings — a major blow for artists whose television platform was already dwindling.

18 hours ago in National

North Carolina congressman Edwards quits reelection bid after committee recommends his censure

Embattled North Carolina Republican congressman Chuck Edwards withdrew from his reelection campaign on Wednesday, two days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his office.

18 hours ago in National

Stevens and El-Sayed are in a close race for Michigan’s Democratic Senate nomination

Moderate candidate U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed were in a tight race for Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in the early morning hours of Wednesday.