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.

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