Charlottesville Right Now

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.

Tuesday, February 20, 201802/20/2018

Betty Wilson | Virginia Dept of Aviation Helps Fund Education Programs

Betty Wilson, Public Relations Manager, Communications & Education Division for Virginia Department of Aviation talks with Les Sinclair about the Department and aviation in The Commonwealth.

Tuesday, February 20, 201802/20/2018

Hunter Smith | Champion Brewing Co. going to UK Beer Fest

Champion Brewing Company’s, Hunter Smith, joins Les Sinclair to discuss their participation in the “Craft Beer Rising 2018” festival in London, England.

Monday, February 19, 201802/19/2018

Dewey Cornell | How To Prevent School Shootings.

Dewy Cornell, Bunker Professor of Education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and the principal…

Monday, February 19, 201802/19/2018

Julian Walker | Medicaid Expansion in Virginia

Julian Walker, VP of Communications for Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association talks with Les Sinclair about his thoughts on positive…

Friday, February 16, 201802/16/2018

Top 5 Soundbites of the Week

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week ending–2/16/18

Friday, February 16, 201802/16/2018

David Kocka | Deer Culling in Charlottesville City

David Kocka, District Wildlife Biologist for Va. Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries enlightens us on the deer “culling” in the City of Charlottesville. He talks with Les Sinclair on “Charlottesville Right Now”

Thursday, February 15, 201802/15/2018

Andrew Jebb | How Much Money Do You Need To Be Happy

Psychologists from Purdue University and the University of Virginia analyzed World Gallup Poll data from 1.7 million people in 164…

Thursday, February 15, 201802/15/2018

Jeff Fogel | Charlottesville’s Stop and Frisk Policy

Local attorney, Jeffery Fogel, talks with Les Sinclair about the City of Charlottesville’s “Stop & Frisk” policy, and it’s bias…

Thursday, February 15, 201802/15/2018

Barbara Perry | Assessing The Presidents Role in the Wake of Tragedy.

Barbara Perry, director of Presidential Studies at the Miller Center, and a political scientist who specializes in the presidency,  analyzes…

Thursday, February 15, 201802/15/2018

Kyle Kondik | Ranking Recent Presidents

Kyle Kondik Managing Editor, Sabato’s Crystal Ball University of Virginia Center for Politics discusses the latest Les Sinclair about the latest Ipsos/UVA Center for Politics poll measuring views of recent Presidents.

Latest Stories

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Pope Leo XIV opened a virtual meeting with American Catholic young people Friday by revealing a closely held pontifical secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day.

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Travis Kelce plans to decide on retirement after the season, wants to give Chiefs time to prepare

Four-time All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce plans to wait until after the season to make a decision on retirement, though he did say Friday that he wants to make that decision early enough that the Kansas City Chiefs have time to prepare for the future.

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is officially eligible for the Oscars

"KPop Demon Hunters" is one step closer to another golden moment: The Oscars. The Netflix phenomenon is among 35 films features eligible for the animated feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards.

2 days ago in National

A federal judge blocked Trump’s National Guard deployment to DC but troops aren’t leaving just yet

A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to end the deployment of National Guard troops to the nation's capital. But the ruling is unlikely to be the final word by the courts, the president or local leaders in the contentious duel over the federal district.

2 days ago in Entertainment

Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign

Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.