Charlottesville Right Now

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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, January 24, 201801/24/2018

Logan Landry | How Solar Cell Tariffs Effect Local Solar Co.

Logan Landry, the CEO of Sigora Solar, talks with Les Sinclair on Charlottesville Right Now about how the Federal Government announcement of raising tariffs on solar cells will impact their business.

Wednesday, January 24, 201801/24/2018

Tammy Arnette | Self-Driving Cars Survey

Tammy Arnette, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, talks with Les Sinclair about the latest AAA survey showing more people are willing to hand over the keys to self-driving cars.

Wednesday, January 24, 201801/24/2018

Bernie Carlson | Knowledge Entreprenuers

Bernie Carlson discusses the future of Engineers and Scientists with Les Sinclair on “Charlottesville Right Now”  How will new engineers need to prepare for it.

Tuesday, January 23, 201801/23/2018

Anne Ernst | Charlottesville OneBook Launches Program

Anne Ernst, the library media specialist at Charlottesville High School, informs Les Sinclair about, Charlottesville OneBook, the regional reading program that’s been launched in responses to the August events in 2017.

Tuesday, January 23, 201801/23/2018

Angie Gunter | CASPCA Receives Dogs Rescued from S.Korean Meat Farm

The CASPCA, takes in 4 Mastiffs rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm. Les Sinclair explores the details of this story with Angie Gunter, the Executive Director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA.  

Tuesday, January 23, 201801/23/2018

Gregory Powe | Affordable Housing Crisis in Charlottesville

Gregory Powe, of Powe Studio Architects and Co-Chair CADRe, joins Les Sinclair to discuss the affordable housing crisis in our…

Tuesday, January 23, 201801/23/2018

Dr. Adam Goldfarb | Anemia Discovery at UVA Could Treat Millions

A new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine may point the way to better anemia treatments. Dr. Adam Goldfarb discusses the discovery with Les Sinclair.

Tuesday, January 23, 201801/23/2018

Matt Schulz | Financial Infidelity

Matt Schulz, senior industry analyst for CreditCards.com talks with Les Sinclair about the millions of Americans who have a secret bank or credit card account from their partner.

Friday, January 19, 201801/19/2018

Top 5 Soundbites of the Week

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week ending–1/19/18

Friday, January 19, 201801/19/2018

Melissa Gay | CVEC to build fiber network for smart grid & broadband

Melissa C. Gay, Communications and Member Services Manager Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, discusses with Les Sinclair the need for CVEC…

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