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.

Wednesday, May 25, 201605/25/2016

CCS Principal Gets Slimed

During this week long campaign to encourage their 356 students to read as many pages as possible, the Principal, Michael Riley, announced he would get slimed if the students reached their goal of reading 125,001 pages. They exceeded that goal. Les Sinclair talks Mr. Riley about the events.

Wednesday, May 25, 201605/25/2016

Plan Now for Hurricane Season

Mike Arnold, Nationwide Insurance, talks with Les Sinclair about what you need to know when preparing for hurricanes or flooding. Virginia Hurricane and Flooding Preparedness Week is May 22-28

Monday, May 23, 201605/23/2016

Virginia GOP files suit to halt Governor’s rights restoration order.

Del Rob Bell, talks with Les Sinclair about the attempt to have the courts block the restoration of voting rights to the 200,000 plus convicted felons Gov. McAuliffe’s executive order would restore.

Monday, May 23, 201605/23/2016

Registration for CoderDojo is now open.

Nita Collier, program coordinator of Albemarle County’s CoderDojo, talks with Les Sinclair about the program. Online registration for the 2016 Summer CoderDojo Academy at Albemarle High School is underway!

Monday, May 23, 201605/23/2016

Community Cookout and Town Hall Meeting

Charlottesville City, Vice-Mayor, Wes Bellamny invites community to a Cookout and Community town hall meeting on May 30th at Tonsler Park. The City’s new Police Chief will be in attendance too.

Monday, May 23, 201605/23/2016

Update: Rio & 29

Lou Hatter with VDOT, gives us an update on the US29 and Rio Rd. Intersection major construction that started last night.

Friday, May 20, 201605/20/2016

Top 5 Soundbites of the Week

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week ending 05/20/2016.

Friday, May 20, 201605/20/2016

Today in Virginia History with Rick Britton

The bloody Civil War battle of Spottsylvania Court House came to an end, Today in 1864

Friday, May 20, 201605/20/2016

Defeat Pain with Pilates

Robin Truxel, of Tru Pilates, talks with Les Sinclair about the benefits of Pilates on many of the aches and pains that plague us.

Thursday, May 19, 201605/19/2016

Debt and Summer Vacation

Matt Schulz, Creditcards.com senior industry analyst, talks with Les Sinclair about vacations and money and what Americans are doing with both.

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