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.

Friday, February 6, 201502/06/2015

Elaine Lidholm

Elaine Lidholm, (Va Dept. of Ag. & Consumer Services) joins Les Sinclair with info about EHM Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalophathy in Albemarle County.

Friday, February 6, 201502/06/2015

Major Donald Lowe

Major Lowe of Louisa Co. Sheriffs Office joins Les Sinclair with new details about a shooting and robbery that took place in Louisa County.

Thursday, February 5, 201502/05/2015

Mike Lyons

Mike Lyons, CBS Military Analyst, joins Les Sinclair with the latest on the strikes against ISIS.

Thursday, February 5, 201502/05/2015

Carrie Webster

Carrie Webster is the Board Chair for Greater Virginia Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council and joins Les Sinclair to talk about Virginia being #4 in the country for “green” buildings.

Thursday, February 5, 201502/05/2015

Dr. Christopher Ali

Dr. Christopher Ali is an Assistant Professor in Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia discuss, with Les Sinclair the FCC Chairman’s net neutrality proposal.

Thursday, February 5, 201502/05/2015

Dr. Stephen Coggeshall

Dr. Stephen Coggeshall, Chief Analytics Officer with “Life Lock”, joins Les Sinclair to talk about the Anthem data breach. The hackers got information including names, birthdays, medical IDs, Social Security numbers, street addresses, email addresses and employment information, including income data.

Wednesday, February 4, 201502/04/2015

Mike Cetera

Mike Cetera is Bankrate.com’s mobile finance analyst and discusses with Les Sinclair the new survey finding half of mobile internet users have used their mobile devices to make a major financial purchase. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/ready-to-buy-a-car-with-your-smartphone.aspx.

Wednesday, February 4, 201502/04/2015

Jason Williamson

Jason Williamson, professor of information technology in the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and author of “Getting a Big Data Job for Dummies” talks about big data with Les Sinclair.

Tuesday, February 3, 201502/03/2015

Miriam Dickler

Miriam Dickler, City Director of Communications, talks with Les Sinclair about the Route 250 Interchange Ribbon Cutting.

Tuesday, February 3, 201502/03/2015

John Owen

CONFRONTING POLITICAL ISLAM
Taylor Professor of Politics, and a Faculty Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture John Owen joins Les Sinclair to preview the Wednesday, February 4 [from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.], the Miller Center’s AMERICAN FORUM program discussion on confronting political Islam

http://millercenter.org/events/2015/confronting-political-islam

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