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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.

Thursday, October 8, 201510/08/2015

85% say Affordable Care Act Will Affect Their Vote in 2016

Laura Adams, of InsuranceQuotes.com, talks with Les Sinclair about their latest finding with regard to the ACA. http://insurancequotes.com/health/future-of-obamacare-10815

Thursday, October 8, 201510/08/2015

Local IRS Scams

Mark William Hanson, IRS Media Relations, joins Les Sinclair to lay out the local IRS Scams that are pervasive right…

Thursday, October 8, 201510/08/2015

Latest on Jesse Mathew’s Defense Motions

WINA’s Dori Zook covers the Jesse Matthew defense motions.  She was in court yesterday and recaps the events for Les…

Wednesday, October 7, 201510/07/2015

Local Government Spending Index

Free Enterprise Forum President, Neil Williamson, talks with Les Sinclair about the LGSI (local government spending index) and spending trends…

Wednesday, October 7, 201510/07/2015

CBS Newsman Retires and joins U.Va.

Wyatt Andrews, former CBS Newsman, has joined the University of Virginia as an instructor in the Department of Media Studies.  He…

Wednesday, October 7, 201510/07/2015

Martha’s Market is This Weekend

Lorrie Smith, Chair of the Market, joins Les Sinclair to Martha’s Market and why you should go and what you…

Wednesday, October 7, 201510/07/2015

Outcome of Albemarle School Redistricting Meeting

Rosalyn Schmitt, Assistant Director of Facilities Planning for Albemarle, joins Les Sinclair to explain the redistricting process and the outcome…

Tuesday, October 6, 201510/06/2015

New Test Predicts Future Risk of Heart Disease in Teenagers

The new diagnostic test has been developed by a team that included Mark DeBoer, MD of the UVA Department of Pediatrics. He talks with Les Sinclair about the test and the role of Metabolic Syndrome.

Tuesday, October 6, 201510/06/2015

Gun Violence and Mental Illness

Richard Bonnie, Professor at UVA and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy at UVA. speaks with Les Sinclair about the discussion panel (Medical Center hour) taking place Oct. 7 at Jordan Hall on the grounds of the University of Virginia.

Tuesday, October 6, 201510/06/2015

What are the implications, to the U.S. with Russia in Syria?

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.

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