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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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Man pleads guilty to Atlanta auto break-in that led to theft of unreleased music by Beyoncé

Kelvin Evans, 41, entered guilty pleas in Fulton County Superior Court to entering an automobile and criminal trespass. He was sentenced to two years in prison, according to news outlets. He was scheduled to go on trial this week.

6 hours ago in Sports

Sinner matches Djokovic record with 31st straight Masters win. Coco Gauff reaches Italian Open semis

The records keep coming for Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked Sinner beat qualifier Andrea Pellegrino 6-2, 6-3 to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday and match Novak Djokovic's record with a 31st consecutive Masters Series victory.

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30 days out, Los Angeles is ready for the World Cup. The playing surface? Not just yet

The U.S. men open at SoFi Stadium (to be known as Los Angeles Stadium) against Paraguay on June 12, the first of eight matches to be played at the NFL stadium in Inglewood. The field was all dirt on Tuesday.

6 hours ago in National

Denver airport security missed trespasser who was killed by plane on runway

Workers at Denver airport initially missed a security breach by man who scaled an 8-foot perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed in a fiery collision by a plane with 231 people on board, authorities said Tuesday.

13 hours ago in National

US consumer prices jump as Iran war sends energy prices rapidly higher

The Labor Department's consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, according to data released Tuesday. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March as gasoline prices rose 5.4% during the month; the month-over-month gain was down from 0.9% increase from February to March.