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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.

Wednesday, January 21, 201501/21/2015

Lou Hatter

Lou Hatter of VDOT joins Les Sinclair to talk about the 3 firms submitting price proposals for Route 29 Solutions Projects.

Wednesday, January 21, 201501/21/2015

Melinda Crawford

Melinda Crawford, Executive Director of Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Airport, joins Les Sinclair to discuss the record numbers of passengers going through the airport in 2014.

Tuesday, January 20, 201501/20/2015

Leora Friedberg

UVA Economist, Leora Friedberg talks with Les Sinclair about rare empirical evidence of love.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/economists-find-rare-empirical-evidence-love-unique-marriage-survey

Tuesday, January 20, 201501/20/2015

Corinne N. Geller

Corinne N. Geller Public Relations Director Virginia State Police joins Les Sinclair to detail the investigation of the fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian early Tuesday morning (Jan. 30) in Greene County.

Tuesday, January 20, 201501/20/2015

Mark Hamrick

Mark Hamrick, Bankrate.com’s Washington Bureau Chief, discusses some of the President’s likely proposals and their implications.

Tuesday, January 20, 201501/20/2015

Andrew Cohen

CBS News Senior Legal Analyst, Andrew Cohen, with Les Sinclair, on the jury selection, that begins the case of James Holmes. He’s accused of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting.

Tuesday, January 20, 201501/20/2015

Paul Beyer

Paul Beyer, founder of the Tom Tom Founders Festival joins Les Sinclair to Tom Tom to Announce Headliners of Founders Summit.

Monday, January 19, 201501/19/2015

General Assembly Democrats

Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly lay out their plans for the current session.

Monday, January 19, 201501/19/2015

Republican House Press Conference

Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates hold a press conference. Here are excerpts from that event.

Monday, January 19, 201501/19/2015

Long-Lost Recording of Martin Luther King Jr.

from UCLA 4/27/1965

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