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.

Wednesday, July 23, 201407/23/2014

John Cruickshank

John Cruickshank of the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club discusses a petition brought to City Council concerning pesticide use in parks and city owned properties.

Tuesday, July 22, 201407/22/2014

Matthew Gerber

Research Assistant Professor of Systems and Information Engineering at UVA Matthew Gerber explains to Les Sinclair how Twitter could be used to predict crimes

Tuesday, July 22, 201407/22/2014

Rob Bell

Delegate Rob Bell joins Les Sinclair to update us on the work being done by Virginia’s new Mental Health Panel.

Tuesday, July 22, 201407/22/2014

Joshua Gottlieb

Joshua Gottlieb is an Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia and co-author of the research on the “Happiest Cities in America.” Charlottesville is ranked number one on that happiness index.

Tuesday, July 22, 201407/22/2014

Jim Rounsevell

Jim Rounsevell is a proponent of the underpass, rather than a bridge replacement for the Belmont Bridge. He joins Les Sinclair to talk about his disappointment with Monday’s (7/21/14) City Council decision.

Tuesday, July 22, 201407/22/2014

Jim Tolbert

Jim Tolbert, Director of Neighborhood Development Services for Charlottesville City, joins Les Sinclair to explain what the City Councilors decisions means going forward with the Belmont Bridge.

Monday, July 21, 201407/21/2014

Melinda Crawford

Melinda Crawford is the the Exec. Dir. or the Charlottesville Airport (CHO) and joins Les Sinclair to talk about the newly raised TSA fees that fliers will experience beginning today.

Monday, July 21, 201407/21/2014

Ann Lang

Ann Lang, Senior Economist with VA Employment Commission, joins Les Sinclair to explore Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment numbers.

Monday, July 21, 201407/21/2014

Jim Rounsevell

Jim Rounsevell is a proponent of an underpass replacing the Belmont Bridge. The City Council meets tonight. Jim Rounsevell joins Les Sinclair to talk about how he thinks it’ll go.

Friday, July 18, 201407/18/2014

Michael McKee

Michael McKee is the CEO of BRAFB and joins Les Sinclair to talk about Restaurant Week. Blue Ridge Area Food Bank receives one dollar from each meal purchased.

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