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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.

Tuesday, April 12, 201604/12/2016

FREE Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s Charlottesville

Doug Barrese, Flavor Guru at Charlottesville’s Ben & Jerry’s talks with Les Sinclair about today being FREE cone day and how it benefits our community.

Tuesday, April 12, 201604/12/2016

New Prescribing Guidelines to Combat Opioid Abuse

Barbara Brown, PhD, RN the VHHA Vice President of Research, talks with Les Sinclair about these new prescribing guidelines to combat opioid abuse in Virginia hospitals.

Monday, April 11, 201604/11/2016

Virginia’s Gender Wage Gap is Costing Women $13 Billion per Year

Vicki Shabo, VP of National Partnership for Women and families, talks with Les Sinclair about the wage gap in the Commonwealth and it’s cost to Virginian women.

Monday, April 11, 201604/11/2016

Virginia Veterans Guide to Resources

Adrienne Johnson, Executive Director of Virginia Navigator, talks with Les Sinclair about a new resource website designed for veterans… Veterans Navigator. For more info: call Adrienne Johnson 804-525-7735 or visit www.SeniorNavigator.org.

Monday, April 11, 201604/11/2016

2016 First Quarter Market Report

CAAR President Donna Patton talks with Les Sinclair about the 2016 First Quarter Market Report.

Friday, April 8, 201604/08/2016

Top 5 Soundbites of the Week

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week end 4/8/16.

Friday, April 8, 201604/08/2016

The Charlottesville Connection of Elizabeth “Libby” Custer–the wife of George Armstrong Custer

Historian Rick Britton talks about: Elizabeth “Libby” Custer–the wife of George Armstrong Custer

Friday, April 8, 201604/08/2016

Local Legal and Noteworthy

Local Attorney and Legal Expert, Scott Goodman, talks with Les Sinclair about a couple of noteworthy local legal stories. “Jackie” of the “Rolling Stone”article is forced into a deposition and a Virginia man is freed after decades in prison wrongfully convicted.

Thursday, April 7, 201604/07/2016

Male Contraceptive

Kevin Eisenfrats, a UVA Engineering Alumnus, talks about Contraline, the possible new male contraceptive device, winning the $10,000.00 2nd place award at the inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference InVenture Prize.

Thursday, April 7, 201604/07/2016

There’s a Loyalty Gap in Virginia

Rachel Bitecofer, with the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University, talks with Les Sinclair about GOP voters willing to defect or not vote, while Democrats say they’ll stick with Clinton.

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