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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, July 7, 201407/07/2014

Timothy D. Wilson

Timothy D. Wilson is in the Dept. of Psychology at the University of Virginia and discusses with us how most folks would prefer NOT to be alone with themselves. They prefer to do something, other than nothing…even shock themselves.

Monday, July 7, 201407/07/2014

Sarah Blech

Sarah Blech of City Parks and Recreation joins Les Sinclair on Charlottesville Right Now. July is national parks and recreation month and many of us know Parks & rec offering for kids and families, but they also have programs specific to seniors.

Monday, July 7, 201407/07/2014

Lt. Ronnie Roberts

Lt. Ronnie Roberts of the Charlottesville City Police Dept. joins Les Sinclair to give us details on the latest murder, the third in the City.

Thursday, July 3, 201407/03/2014

Tammy Arnette

Tammy Arnette of AAA Mid Atlantic joins Les Sinclair to discuss travel for the 4th of july Weekend.  The conversation…

Thursday, July 3, 201407/03/2014

Mayor Gary Lowe

Stanardsville Mayor Gary Lowe joins Les Sinclair to preview the Stanardsville 4th of July Parade with Pegasus completing it

Thursday, July 3, 201407/03/2014

Mark Hamrick

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

Wednesday, July 2, 201407/02/2014

Ari Schulman

Can a change in the way media reports on mass killing reduce the number of the events from happening?

Wednesday, July 2, 201407/02/2014

John Whitehead

John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute talks about filing a 1st Amendment lawsuit concerning ballots favoring majority party candidates.

Wednesday, July 2, 201407/02/2014

Phil Giaramita

Phil Giaramita, Albemarle County Schools Public Affairs and Strategic Communications Officer joins Les Sinclair to discuss the new camera going on school buses to catch drivers not stopping when they are supposed to.

Tuesday, July 1, 201407/01/2014

Brad Sheffield

Albemarle County Supervisor representing the Rio District Brad Sheffield checks in with Les Sinclair

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