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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, October 16, 201910/16/2019

Virginia Film Festival Opens Downtown Headquarters

The new headquarters for the Virginia Film Festival opens Downtown Charlottesville at Violet Crown Cinema. Les Sinclair speaks with Jody…

Tuesday, October 15, 201910/15/2019

Governor Northam Signs Executive Directive 5 for Health Care

WINA’s Les Sinclair speaks with Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Daniel Carey, M.D., about Executive Directive Five. They…

Tuesday, October 15, 201910/15/2019

TEDx Tuesday | Lewis Miller

Les Sinclair talks with Lewis Miller, creator of The Flower Flash, street art installations made of flowers. He re-purposes flowers…

Tuesday, October 15, 201910/15/2019

UPDATE: Charlottesville & Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau

Les Sinclair speaks with Courtney Cacatian, Executive Director of the Charlottesville & Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau, about what the…

Monday, October 14, 201910/14/2019

Local Drought Conditions 

Les Sinclair discusses local drought conditions with Virginia State Climatologist, Jerry Stenger. More info: https://www.deq.virginia.gov/Portals/0/DEQ/Water/WaterResources/VirginiaDroughtStatus/CurrentDroughtTaskForceReport.pdf

Monday, October 14, 201910/14/2019

UVA’s NASU event during Indigenous People’s Day

Les Sinclair discusses the Native American Student Union event at the George Rogers Clark statue at UVA. Anthony Malabad, president…

Monday, October 14, 201910/14/2019

Albemarle County is updating its Housing Policy

Les Sinclair interviews Stacy Pethia, Principle Planner for Housing at Albemarle County, about the County’s Housing Policy and the process…

Friday, October 11, 201910/11/2019

Top 5 Soundbites of the Week

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week ending–10/11/19

Friday, October 11, 201910/11/2019

TODAY IN US HISTORY: Today, October 11th

In this segment Les talks with historian Rick Britton about TODAY IN US HISTORY: Today, October 11th, is the 198th…

Friday, October 11, 201910/11/2019

Carter Myers Automotive Gives to Pediatric Cancer

Les Sinclair talks with Liza Borches Pres. and CEO of Carter Myers Automotive about the over $10,000 gift to pediatric…

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