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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.

Thursday, August 28, 201408/28/2014

Ali Smith

Co-Founder and Executive Director of Holistic Life Foundation, Ali Smith, joins Les Sinclair to tell us about the talk HLF will perform during TEDxCharlottesville.

Thursday, August 28, 201408/28/2014

Keith Hampton

Keith N. Hampton joins Les Sinclair to explain the new research on the “Spiral of Silence” and how its effect extends to social media too.

Thursday, August 28, 201408/28/2014

Kirby Felts

Kirby Felts is the Emergency Management Coordinator for Charlottesville-Albemarle-UVA and joins Les Sinclair to talk about the need for volunteers for an exercise at the airport. The Office of Emergency Management for Charlottesville, UVA and Albemarle County is looking for volunteers to play the ‘victims’ of an airplane accident. This is a great opportunity for you to be a part of a local disaster exercise and to see how we work together to protect our community. The exercise will be Saturday, September 20, 2014 at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport. Volunteers are needed from 7:30 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m. Volunteers should know that they will be outside most of the time for this exercise and can expect typical September weather. There will be a safety officer on site and all volunteers will have access to water. Lunch will be served after the exercise.

Thursday, August 28, 201408/28/2014

Audrey Lorenzoni

Audrey Lorenzoni is the co-race director for the Women’s Four Miler and joins Les Sinclair to talk about the events planned for Saturday morning.

Wednesday, August 27, 201408/27/2014

Tim Heaphy

U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy joins Les Sinclair to talk about the growing heroine addiction problem in our area and what the law enforcement community is doing about it.

Wednesday, August 27, 201408/27/2014

Leslie Velarde

Leslie Velarde, is with the National Parks Service and joins Les Sinclair to discuss the Shenandoah National Park Debuting its Artist-in-Residence Program for 2014.

Wednesday, August 27, 201408/27/2014

Ken Boyd

Albemarle County Supervisor Ken Boyd joins the show to discuss the construction resolution concerning the intersection at 29 and Rio Road.

Tuesday, August 26, 201408/26/2014

Robert Sarvis

Rabert Sarvis, Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate Robert Sarvis announced he has accepted an invitation to a Senate candidate debate at University of Mary Washington, and talks with Les Sinclair about his run.

Tuesday, August 26, 201408/26/2014

Laura Adams

Laura Adams, senior analyst of insuranceQuotes.com, joins Les Sinclair to discuss the challenges as roughly 1 in 4 millennials doesn’t have health insurance.

Tuesday, August 26, 201408/26/2014

Erin Callas

Erin Callas is a nurse supervisor at the Charlottesvile-Albemarle Health Department and the immunization coordinator for our district. She joins Les Sinclair to discuss necessary vaccinations for adults.

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