Charlottesville Right Now
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, October 11, 201610/11/2016
Are you practicing safe ID protection? Chances are – “No”
41 million U.S. adults have had their identities stolen and another 49 million know someone who has, according to a new Bankrate.com report. Mike Cetera joins Les Sinclair with how you’re engaging in risky behavior regarding your identity and what you can do to fix it.
Tuesday, October 11, 201610/11/2016
Monticello High School’s Regional College Fair on October 12
Monticello’s school counselor, Najwa Tatby, talks with Les Sinclair about the Regional College Fair on October 12 where Students have Unique Opportunity to Visit More than 70 Colleges and Universities in the Space of Three Hours.
Monday, October 10, 201610/10/2016
McIntire Skate Park gets $100,000 Challenge Grant
Vic Garber, Recreation Division manager with Charlottesville Parks & Recreation, discusses with Les Sinclair the $100,000 Challenge Grant awarded to City Parks & Rec to assist in the completion of the McIntire Skate Park.
Monday, October 10, 201610/10/2016
Cold Weather Car Care
Tammy Arnette of AAA Mid-Atlantic, talks about gasoline price and why you need to be thoughtful for cold weather car care.
Monday, October 10, 201610/10/2016
Fire Prevention Week
Chief Howard Lagomarsino, joins Les Sinclair to discuss Fire Prevention Week and the Albemarle County Open-House Recruiting Events.
Friday, October 7, 201610/07/2016
Top 5 Soundbites of the Week
WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week ending 10/7/16.
Friday, October 7, 201610/07/2016
This week in U.S. History. The Battle of Perryville
Today historian Rick Britton joins Charlottesville Right Now and talks about: This week in U.S. History. On October 8, 1862, the Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills.
Friday, October 7, 201610/07/2016
September jobs report sets tone for interest rate hike
Bankrate.com senior economic analyst Mark Hamrick, talks with Les Sinclair about the September jobs report 156,000 jobs were added and un-employment went up. Also, Bankrate.com recently surveyed two dozen prominent stock markets professionals and they gave a lukewarm assessment of the markets. They expect stocks will be just 1% higher a year from now and give a 1 in 3 chance of a bear market.
Friday, October 7, 201610/07/2016
The Syrian Crisis … the U.S. and Russia
Todd S. Sechser is Associate Professor of Politics at University of Virginia specializing in questions of international security, talks with Les Sinclair about Russia in Syria and the recent fall-out between Russia and U.S.
Thursday, October 6, 201610/06/2016
UPDATE: Hurricane Matthew
Accu-Weather’s Bob Larson, talks about Hurricane Matthew’s expected path and what’s going to happen this weekend.
