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.

Tuesday, April 1, 201404/01/2014

Carter Johnson

Carter Johnson, public information officer for the Albemarle County Police Department, joins Les Sinclair and Carole Thorpe to talk about the need for two more Auxiliary Police Officers in Albemarle County.

Tuesday, April 1, 201404/01/2014

Arvind Madaan

Arvind Madaan is with Charlottesville Allergy and Respiratory Enterprises and joins Les Sinclair and Carole Thorpe to talk about allergy season.

Monday, March 31, 201403/31/2014

Brendan Richardson

Brendan Richardson joins Les Sinclair to discuss how his company “PsiKick” has developed a method of producing low-energy consuming wireless circuits.

Monday, March 31, 201403/31/2014

Jamie Schwartz

Jamie Schwartz joins Les Sinclair to share about “Mimi’s Run,” a 5k run that benefits cardiovascular research.

Monday, March 31, 201403/31/2014

Senator Tom Garrett

State Senator Tom Garrett, a strong proponent against Medicaid expansion, joins Les Sinclair to explains his goal of breaking Medicaid from the budget all together.

Monday, March 31, 201403/31/2014

Gary Waugh

Virginia state parks are rolling out a pilot program that allows people to reserve specific camping spots in advance.

Monday, March 31, 201403/31/2014

Sean Tubbs

Sean Tubbs of Cville Tomorrow joins Les Sinclair to talk about the group that met Thursday to discuss ways to invest $200 million on Route 29.

Friday, March 28, 201403/28/2014

Austin Kleon

Author Austin Kleon joins Les Sinclair to talk about his new book, Show Your Work.

Friday, March 28, 201403/28/2014

Lindsay Wiese

Lindsay Wiese is with Square and joins Les Sinclair to talk about their new fun bracket that compares the teams in the Sweet 16.

Friday, March 28, 201403/28/2014

Ted Jefferies

Ted Jefferies, UVA baskeball analyst, joins Les Sinclair to talk about the UVA men’s basketball team’s trip to the Sweet 16 tonight.

Latest Stories

22 hours ago in National

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22 hours ago in Entertainment

‘Dancing with the Stars’ pro Mark Ballas leaps back to Broadway in ‘Chicago’

Mark Ballas is returning to Broadway in "Chicago" and the "Dancing with the Stars" pro will be reuniting with an old friend. Ballas, playing slippery lawyer Billy Flynn starting April 6, will share the stage with his Roxie, Whitney Leavitt, the "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" star who was his dancing partner on "Dancing with the Stars" last year.

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Inside the numbers: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ties Wilt Chamberlain’s 20-point streak record

Wilt Chamberlain has some NBA records that might never get touched, like the 100-point game, 4,000 points in a season and a 50-point-per-game scoring average. And that means that when he does get caught — in any category — it's a big deal.

2 days ago in National

Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.

2 days ago in Sports

Tatis’ grand slam, 6 RBIs leads Dominican Republic over Israel 10-and into WBC quarterfinals

Fernando Tatis hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, and the Dominican Republic clinched a spot in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals with a 10-1 win over Israel on Monday in Miami.