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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.

Friday, March 24, 201703/24/2017

New Health Care Bill Pulled from House Floor

Geoffrey Skelley, Associate Editor, Sabato’s Crystal Ball at University of Virginia Center for Politics talks about the new health care bill that was pulled from the house floor.

Friday, March 24, 201703/24/2017

Radiothon is Next Week

Ryan Lightner, Children’s Miracle Network Coordinaat UVA Children’s Hospital gives us a preview of the Cares for Kids Radiothon, which happens March 30 & 31.

Friday, March 24, 201703/24/2017

National Nudge Campaign for Potential 1st Generation Students

Dr. Ben Castleman, Asst. Prof of Education and Public Policy at UVA’s Curry School of Education and one of the authors of the study “Nudging at a National Scale” talks with Les Sinclair about the findings.

Wednesday, March 22, 201703/22/2017

Wyatt Andrews on Fake News

Wyatt Andrews, Professor of Practice in the Dept of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, discusses fake news with Les Sinclair on “Charlottesville Right Now”

Wednesday, March 22, 201703/22/2017

Virginia Farmer & Rancher Census Begins

Herman Ellison, State Statistician for Commonwealth of Virginia, talks with Les Sinclair about the Census of Agriculture that has started Nationwide and in the state.

Wednesday, March 22, 201703/22/2017

Matters of Virginia Real Estate

Michael Guthrie, CEO of Roy Wheeler Realty, discusses the news of the day concerning real estate.

Tuesday, March 21, 201703/21/2017

Bryan Cranston to be UVA President’s Speaker for the Arts

Jody Kielbasa, Vice Provost for the Arts at UVA and Director, Virginia Film Festival talks with Les Sinclair about actor Bryan Cranston best-selling author and award-winning actor, screenwriter, director, and producer as the University’s special guest for the third annual UVA President’s Speaker Series for the Arts March 26. More info at http://arts.virginia.edu/cranston/

Tuesday, March 21, 201703/21/2017

Gillespie Running for Virginia Governor

Ed Gillespie candidate for Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia joins Les Sinclair to discuss his campaign.

Tuesday, March 21, 201703/21/2017

Walk A Mile for SARA

Laurie Jean Seaman, Lead Prevention Educator for SARA and Lee Elberson of Leadership Charlottesville, talk with Les Sinclair about the “Walk A Mile event to benefit Sexual Assault Resource Agency on April 8th.

Monday, March 20, 201703/20/2017

Virginia Agriculture Week

Elaine Lidholm, Communications Director for the Department of Agriculture, joins Les Sinclair to talk about Virginia Agriculture Week.

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