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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.

Friday, October 27, 201710/27/2017

John Kelly | Building Goodness in April

John Kelly, a co-presidents of the Building Goodness in April club at Darden, joins Les Sinclair to discuss the 6th…

Friday, October 27, 201710/27/2017

Maran Garland & Matthew Simon | The Paramount Schedule

Matthew Simon (The Paramount’s Director of Operations and Programming) & Maran Garland (Marketing Director) of The Paramount Theater discuss the upcoming actives at the historic Charlottesville venue.

Thursday, October 26, 201710/26/2017

Bill Street | Health of the James River is Up

Bill Street, CEO of James river Association, chats with Les Sinclair, on “Charlottesville Right Now” about the improvement of the…

Thursday, October 26, 201710/26/2017

Chicho Lorenzo | Barracks Road Mural

The artist chosen to paint a lasting mural on the huge concrete wall at the westbound bypass exit onto Barracks…

Thursday, October 26, 201710/26/2017

Mark Lorenzoni | Charlottesville 10 Miler Training This Weekend

Mark Lorenzoni, of Ragged Mountain Running Shop and Charlottesville Track Club,  talks about the Charlottesville 10 Miler Training This Weekend.

Wednesday, October 25, 201710/25/2017

Roe-Haon Yoon | Rare earth elements from coal byproducts

Nicolas T. Camicia Professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Professor Roe-Hoan Yoon joins Les Sinclair to…

Wednesday, October 25, 201710/25/2017

Ashton & Kym Ryan | Coat Drive this Weekend

Ashton & Kym Ryan, talk with Les Sinclair on “Charlottesville Right Now” about “Ashton’s Coat Drive” this weekend.

Tuesday, October 24, 201710/24/2017

Paula Otto | Mega Millions is changing

Mega Millions is changing: Faster-rising jackpots, new odds, a new way to wager Virginians to see updated game beginning October…

Tuesday, October 24, 201710/24/2017

Rafe Furst | TEDxCharlottesville

One of the speakers at TEDXCharlottesville, Rafe Furst, talks with Les Sinclair about the November 13th event.

Tuesday, October 24, 201710/24/2017

Matthew Murphy | City Hosts Charlottesville Women & Minority Business Expo

City of Charlottesville is set to host the 1st Women & Minority Business Expo on Thursday, October 26th from 10:00am until 1:00pm at Jefferson School City Center Carver Recreation Center in downtown Charlottesville. Les Sinclair chats with Matthew Murphy, with The City, about it

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