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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, April 24, 201904/24/2019

Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Expansion Plans | Melinda Crawford

Melinda C. Crawford, Executive Director of the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport, speaks with Les Sinclair about the planned expansion projects at…

Wednesday, April 24, 201904/24/2019

Update: The Flu | Kathryn Goodman

Kathryn Whitestone Goodman, Communications & Public Relations Lead with Thomas Jefferson Health District and Virginia Department of Health talks with Les Sinclair…

Tuesday, April 23, 201904/23/2019

Cops 4 Kids Day | Mindy Goodall

WINA’s Les Sinclair talks with Mindy Goodall, Executive Director of the Charlottesville Police Foundation about the Cops 4 Kids Day…

Tuesday, April 23, 201904/23/2019

Citizens Sought to join Cale School Advisory Committee | Dennis Rooker

Dennis Rooker, a former Albemarle County supervisor, leading a committee reviewing the namesake of Cale Elementary School. He joins Les…

Tuesday, April 23, 201904/23/2019

Season End of the Charlottesville Symphony | Benjamin Rous

Les Sinclair speaks with Benjamin Rous, Music Director of the Charlottesville Symphony, about the final Masterworks concert the Charlottesville Symphony…

Monday, April 22, 201904/22/2019

Community meetings on race and the criminal justice system | Kaki Dimock

Kaki Dimock, Acting Assistant City Manager for the City of Charlottesville, discusses with Les Sinclair about Charlottesville and Albemarle announcing…

Monday, April 22, 201904/22/2019

New Orthopedics Services in Crozet | Dr. Gregory Degnan 

Les Sinclair talks with orthopedic surgeon Gregory Degnan, MD, about Sentara Martha Jefferson Orthopedics beginning to provide orthopedic care in…

Monday, April 22, 201904/22/2019

Discovery Helps Predict C. Diff Severity | Mahmoud Saleh

Les Sinclair talks with UVA researcher, Mahmoud Saleh, about his research leading to a new discovery about dangerous C. difficile.…

Friday, April 19, 201904/19/2019

Top 5 Soundbites of the Week

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week ending–4/19/19

Friday, April 19, 201904/19/2019

A World Voice Day Concert in Charlottesville | Dr. James Daniero & Joanna Lott

Les Sinclair discusses with Dr.James Daniero (founder of the local event) and Joanna Lott (UVA Voice Specialist) the World Voice…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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