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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.

Monday, August 4, 201408/04/2014

Peggy Law

It’s Assistance Dogs Week. Peggy Law Founder & Executive Director; Director of Training at Service Dogs of Virginia, talks with Les Sinclair about the program, recipients and needs. http://www.servicedogsva.org/index.php

Monday, August 4, 201408/04/2014

Paul Beyer

Tom Tom Founders Festival Launches Fall Initiative “Founding Cville” Celebrates Charlottesville Innovators with Public Art Installation & Block Party.

Monday, August 4, 201408/04/2014

Valerie Palamountain

Piedmont Virginia Community College Workforce Services, in partnership with ATIC (Advanced Technical Intelligence Center for Human Capital Development), is now accepting applications for its Analyst Boot Camp (ABC)

Monday, August 4, 201408/04/2014

Chief Rich Jones

Battalion Chief Rich Jones of Charlottesville City Fire Department joins Les Sinclair to help educate us on a disturbing new trend on Facebook called the “Fire Challenge.”

Friday, August 1, 201408/01/2014

Jill Schlesinger

CBS Senior Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger, joins Les Sinclair to discuss the latest economy news.

Friday, August 1, 201408/01/2014

Rick Britton

Virginia Histroy Expert Rick Britton tells us about local historic hero, Jack Jouett, with Les Sinclair. He also has an upcoming FREE talk at Ash Lawn-Highland on the Battle of Bladensburg and the subsequent Burning of Washington by the British. I’ll be giving the talk on Sunday, August 24, the 200th anniversary of those events!

Friday, August 1, 201408/01/2014

Scott Goodman

Scott Goodman talks with Les Sinclair about the ongoing corruption trial of Governor Bob McDonnell.

Friday, August 1, 201408/01/2014

George E. Birnbaum

George E. Birnbaum is an American international political consultant.. In 1998 he moved to Israel to serve as a consultant to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and became his chief of staff. He talks with Les Sinclair on what the conflict in Israel and Palestine is all about.

Friday, August 1, 201408/01/2014

Rebecca White

Rebecca White, Director, U.Va Department of Parking & Transportation, joins Les Sinclair to talk about UVA’s new Bike Sharing Program.

Thursday, July 31, 201407/31/2014

Mark Hamrick

Bankrate.com expert Mark Hamrick joins Les Sinclair on the latest jobs numbers.

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