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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.

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.

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