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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.

Tuesday, May 5, 201505/05/2015

Chris Callahan

WINA’s Chris Callahan joins Les Sinclair to talk about the latest in the Jesse Matthew case.

Tuesday, May 5, 201505/05/2015

Tobias Dengel

Tobias Dengel is CEO of WillowTree Inc. It’s the only company in Charlottesville that makes the Virginia Chamber of Commerce Fantastic 50. WillowTree is #4 on the fastest growing companies in Virginia list. Tobias joins Les Sinclair to talk “Business Unusual”.

Tuesday, May 5, 201505/05/2015

Jeffrey Fogel

Local Attorney Jeffrey Fogel talks with Les Sinclair about City Council Meeting (Monday) where there was no acknowledgement of the panhandling ordinance that was deemed unconstitutional. He also touches on the legality of cameras on the Downtown Mall.

Monday, May 4, 201505/04/2015

Rita McClenny

Virginia Tourism Corporation’s President & CEO, Rita McClenny talks with Les Sinclair about the power of tourism in Virginia.

Monday, May 4, 201505/04/2015

Jeanine Skowronski

Bankrate.com’s credit card analyst, Jeanine Skowronski talks with Les Sinclair about how few people are checking their credit report. Here’s a new service that offers consumers free credit scores and credit reports and no-cost financial assessment tools.

Monday, May 4, 201505/04/2015

JIm Avery

Jim Avery and Hospice of the Piedmont back on to update what is happening with HOP including their big annual 5K on May 9th.

Monday, May 4, 201505/04/2015

Tim Longo

Charlottesville Chief of Police, Tim Longo, talks with Les Sinclari about the small group session held over the weekend.

Friday, May 1, 201505/01/2015

Dori Zook

WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair to talk about the top 5 soundbites of the week.

Friday, May 1, 201505/01/2015

Rick Britton

Today Civil War historian Rick Britton talks about the REAL end of the Civil War

Friday, May 1, 201505/01/2015

Alex Gilliam

Alex Gilliam, founder of “Public Workshop” talks with Les Sinclair about the “tree houses” that were built at Walton Middle School.

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