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Charlottesville Right Now, 4pm – 6pm

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, May 15, 201905/15/2019

ACPS’ Center I expands in its second year | Michael Craddock 

Michael Craddock, Center I’s first director, talks with Les Sinclair about the Early College Experience, which he personally negotiated with…

Wednesday, May 15, 201905/15/2019

In Honor of Their Service at Central Library | Angela Critics

Jefferson Madison Regional Library’s Angela Critics, joins Les Sinclair on WINA to invite you to learn more about our nation’s…

Wednesday, May 15, 201905/15/2019

The Mediterranean Diet | Rita Smith

Rita Smith, Registered Dietitian at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, joins Les Sinclair to talk about The Mediterranean Diet.  What is…

safety

Tuesday, May 14, 201905/14/2019

Panel on How to Break the Pattern of Gun Violence | Carolyn Brumbaugh

Les Sinclair speaks with Carolyn Brumbaugh, on the leadership team with the Charlottesville chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun…

Tuesday, May 14, 201905/14/2019

A Neighbors Helping Neighbors Organization: Cville Village | Helen Plaisance

WINA’s Les sinclair speaks with Helen Plaisance, Director, Cville Village, about  a new way to support one another in the…

Tuesday, May 14, 201905/14/2019

Drug Pricing Transparency Needed | Matt Baker

Les Sinclair speaks with Matt Baker, Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Region…

Monday, May 13, 201905/13/2019

Vietnam Graffiti Project’s Film Heads to Library of Congress | Art Beltrone

Art Beltrone, Co-Founder of the Vietnam Graffiti Project, speaks with Les Sinclair about the preservation of their films. The Keswick,…

Monday, May 13, 201905/13/2019

St. Anne’s-Belfield School Places 2nd in PhysicsBowl | Dr. Troy

Dr. Bob Troy, St. Anne’s-Belfield School’s Grades 9 – 12 Science Department chair and team sponsor, talks with Les Sinclair…

Monday, May 13, 201905/13/2019

Tonight (5/13/19) The Jewish Community of Charlottesville, Before and After August 2017

Les Sinclair talks with Coy Barefoot, Executive Director of the Charlottesville Museum for History and Culture about the lecture this evening, author and historian Dr. Phyllis Leffler explores important questions and connect the dots between Charlottesville’s rich Jewish history and what happened here in August 2017. It’s Monday 5/13/19 at 7pm in CitySpace (second floor of the Market Street Parking Garage, overlooking the Downtown Mall). This event is entirely free, and sponsored by the Charlottesville Museum for History and Culture.

Friday, May 10, 201905/10/2019

Top 5 Soundbites of the Week

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

Latest Stories

13 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and at least one other ex-NBA player.

13 hours ago in National

One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies at age 111

Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111.

13 hours ago in National

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

13 hours ago in Sports

Pistons tie their championship teams from years past with franchise-record 13th straight win

Just two years ago, the Detroit Pistons set an NBA record for the consecutive losses in a single NBA season with 28. Now, they seemingly can't lose.

13 hours ago in Sports

Shohei Ohtani announces he will play for Japan in next year’s World Baseball Classic

Shohei Ohtani plans to play for Japan in next year's World Baseball Classic, the two-way Los Angeles Dodgers star announced on social media Monday night.