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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.

Monday, August 17, 201508/17/2015

Anti-pipeline gathering in Charlottesville

John Cruickshank of Sierra Club, talks with Les Sinclair about the coordinated event with other local, state and national groups…

Monday, August 17, 201508/17/2015

Julian Bond Remembered

Deborah E. McDowell Director, Carter G Woodson Center at the University of Virginia, shares with Les Sinclair the life and…

Friday, August 14, 201508/14/2015

TOP 5 Soundbites for the week of 8/10/15

Dori Zook with Les Sinclair and the Top 5 Soundbites of the week ending 8/14/15.

Friday, August 14, 201508/14/2015

Women’s 4 Miler Fundraising

Cynthia Lorenzoni, Race Director of the Charlottesville Women’s Four Miler talks about this years race.

Friday, August 14, 201508/14/2015

Food Bank Needs Your Help

Michael McKee with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, discusses with Les Sinclair how the food bank is doing as back to school season rapidly approaches.

Friday, August 14, 201508/14/2015

How will El Nino Impact our area?

Senior Meteorologist at Accuweather.com, Bob Smerbeck, talks with Les Sinclair about how El Nino will impact our area this winter.

Thursday, August 13, 201508/13/2015

How to feed the kids a healthy lunch

Registered Dietitian, Rita Smith, talks with Les Sinclair about now that Back to School season is here, how to make sure your kids can eat more healthily.

Thursday, August 13, 201508/13/2015

New Traffic Patterns Coming to Rt29/Rio

VDOT’s Stacey Londrey explains to Les Sinclair the changes coming to The Rio/Rt.29 Interch

Wednesday, August 12, 201508/12/2015

SOL numbers up! How’d Albemarle County do?

Albemarle County School Board Chair, Ned Gallaway discusses with Les Sinclair the details about Virginia’s across the board improvements. Here’s how Albemarle County did.

Wednesday, August 12, 201508/12/2015

Sabato’s Crystal Ball give analysis on the new poll with Sanders over Clinton

Kyle Kondik, Managing Editor, Sabato’s Crystal Ball, University of Virginia Center for Politics, explains what the effect of this new poll means. Sanders’ poll numbers are better than Clinton’s in NH. Les Sinclair has the details.

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