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, October 31, 201410/31/2014

Bri Warner

Bri Warner is with the Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitor Bureau and talks with Les Sinclair about the 1100 visitors from North Carolina who’ll arrive in town Saturday, by train, to enjoy our fall foliage.

Friday, October 31, 201410/31/2014

Postal Surveillance

We don’t know how many REQUESTS there were, to track Americans’ mail. But we DO know the US Postal Service APPROVED nearly 50-thousand of them. Rob Nixon of The New York Times explains what has happened.

Friday, October 31, 201410/31/2014

Dr. Anita Neel

Dr. Anita Neel, of Aesthetic Dentestry of Charlottesville, joins Les Sinclair to discuss how to properly care for your (and your kid’s) teeth after Halloween trick-or-treating.

Thursday, October 30, 201410/30/2014

Amanda Nicholson

Amanda Nicholson, Director of Outreach. talks with Les Sinclair about the raven that has recently had a feather transplant using bamboo shoots.

Thursday, October 30, 201410/30/2014

Rebecca Weybright

Rebecca Weybright is the Executive Director of SARA, and joins Les Sinclair to talk about especially now, after the abduction and murder of Hannah Graham, The Sexual Assault Resource Agency needs your help.

Thursday, October 30, 201410/30/2014

Hope Amezquila

Hope Amezquila, Staff Attorney & Legislative Counsel for the ACLU of Virginia, explains to Les Sinclair , why, with VA’s voter-id law, the ACLU-VA will be monitoring the polls on election day.

Thursday, October 30, 201410/30/2014

Larry Traylor

Larry Traylor, of the VA Dept. of Corrections, joins Les Sinclair to explain Operation Porch Lights Out and how it’ll help keep surveillance on sex offenders.

Wednesday, October 29, 201410/29/2014

Jody Kielbasa

Jody Kielbasa is the Vice Provost for the Arts and Director of the Virginia Film Festival and joins Les Sinclair to disclose the latest celebrity who’s coming to Charottesville in November, as part of the VA Film Festival.

Wednesday, October 29, 201410/29/2014

Dave Fafara

Dave Fafara, President of the Toy Lift Foundation, joins Les Sinclair to put the ask out for a warehouse location that the Toy Lift can use to distribute the toys that will be collected during the first Friday in December event.

Wednesday, October 29, 201410/29/2014

Bill Harwood

Bill Harwood CBS Space Correspondent and co-author of “Comm Check” joins Les Sinclair to discuss the launch explosion of the Antares rock at Virginia’s Wallops Island Space port on Tuesday.

Latest Stories

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It's been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they plan to meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation.

3 hours ago in National

House Republicans begin push to hold the Clintons in contempt of Congress over the Epstein probe

House Republicans are starting a push Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, opening the prospect of the House using one of its most powerful punishments against a former president for the first time.

3 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, members of Kiss and more get into Songwriters Hall of Fame

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3 hours ago in Entertainment

Kristen Bell returning as host to SAG’s Actor Awards

Kristen Bell is returning as host of the Screen Actors Guild's Actor Awards for a third time. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the union that presents the annual awards, announced Wednesday that Bell will emcee the March 1 awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards.

3 hours ago in Sports

Record crowds witness Sabalenka, Alcaraz, Gauff and Zverev advance at Australian Open

Another day, another record crowd. Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz advanced in straight sets Wednesday and the No. 3 seeds — Coco Gauff and Alexander Zverev — also progressed to the third round of the Australian Open.