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.

Thursday, February 4, 201602/04/2016

Albemarle County School’s Public Budget Hearing today

Matt Haas, Deputy Superintendent, talks with Les Sinclair about how you can give input on the Albemarle county School budget

Wednesday, February 3, 201602/03/2016

Charlottesville Start-up Career Fair

Joel Selzer, CEO of ArcheMedX and Member of CBIC’s Board of Directors, talks with Les Sinclair about the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council’s “Cville Startup Career Fair” and why Charlottesville is a great place for a start-up.

Wednesday, February 3, 201602/03/2016

Charlottesville is #1 in Venture Capital

Michael Straightiff Executive Director, UVa Licensing & Ventures Group talks about the National Venture Capital Association recently ranking Charlottesville as the fastest-growing venture capital ecosystem in the United States.

Tuesday, February 2, 201602/02/2016

Virginia Patient Safety Day

Later this week, a diverse group of health care stakeholders will converge in Richmond for the 5th Annual Virginia Patient Safety Summit. Julian Walker of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association talks with Les Sinclair about the event.

Tuesday, February 2, 201602/02/2016

Analysis of the Iowa Caucuses

Dr. Robert Roberts, Professor of Political Science at JMU, talks with Les Sinclair about winners, losers and meaning of the Iowa caucuses.

Tuesday, February 2, 201602/02/2016

Operation Warm Hearts

Co-President, for Blue Star Families, Jacqui Cecalupo talks with Les Sinclair about Operation Warm Hearts, to get gifts to the troops around Valentine’s Day holiday.
http://bsfcv.avenue.org/

Monday, February 1, 201602/01/2016

Gasoline prices keep falling

Tammy Arnette, AAA-Mid-Atlantic, talks with Les Sinclair about what’s behind the slump in gas prices and the extreme money you’re not spending this year in gas costs.

https://soundcloud.com/1070wina/gasoline-prices-keep-falling

Monday, February 1, 201602/01/2016

February is Heart Health Month.

Dr. Adam Goldberg, with Sentara/Martha Jefferson Hospital is an electrophysiologist and joins Les Sinclair to advise us on a-fib, which is increasingly common as people age

Monday, February 1, 201602/01/2016

Help Save the Next Girl on Nicole Lovell.

Kenny Jarels, of Help Save the Next Girl, talks with Les Sinclair about the role they played in the search for Nicole Lovell. He also talks about some of the teen targeted dating sites.

https://soundcloud.com/1070wina/help-save-the-next-girl-on-nicole-lovell

Friday, January 29, 201601/29/2016

Top 5 Soundbites of the Week

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week end 1/29/16.

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