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WMRA's local reporting on current events and issues in the Shenandoah Valley and Charlottesville areas.... more
FAQs about WMRA Local News:How many episodes does WMRA Local News have?The podcast currently has 1,914 episodes available.
August 15, 2019WMRA Daily 8/15/19A new immigrant child detention center is slated for Virginia. Obamacare’s Cadillac Tax unites the parties in opposition. Liquor tops a billion. Both sides file August 12 lawsuits....more8minPlay
August 14, 2019WMRA Daily 8/14/19The story of three lawsuits. Virginia Republicans' position on gun control is a moving target....more6minPlay
August 13, 2019WMRA Daily 8/13/19In Charlottesville, people remember August 12, 2017, while an investigation falls behind schedule. Virginia republicans warm to some gun control measures. There’s a new legal front in the battle over the Mountain Valley pipeline. JMU students do archeology in Wilson’s gardens....more12minPlay
August 12, 2019JMU Students Head Up Archaeological Dig at Woodrow Wilson LibraryAn archaeological dig is currently underway in the gardens at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton. It’s a follow-up to another dig at the same place last year. But the leaders of this summer’s project are a little different from those involved last year – they’re students from James Madison University. WMRA’s Mike Tripp has the story....more4minPlay
August 12, 2019WMRA Daily 8/12/19Have your say on 81. JMU is a national leader. And a veteran songwriter talks about his “Battle of Charlottesville”....more11minPlay
August 09, 2019Ellis Paul's "The Battle of Charlottesville"Veteran Charlottesville songwriter, Ellis Paul , was on the road during the Unite the Right rally two years ago which erupted in deadly violence. Coming back home to a city in mourning prompted him to pen “The Battle of Charlottesville” as a historical document of the incident. WMRA’s Chris Boros spoke with Ellis Paul who described why this song was something he had to write. Ellis Paul: I felt like there was a certain amount of urgency because all of my friends who are songwriters know I live...more6minPlay
August 09, 2019Does Your Employer Have a Social Media Policy? New Research From JMUMore and more people are discovering the hard way that what you post on your Facebook or Twitter feed can come back to haunt you at your job. WMRA’s Jason Barr reports on new research that shows the relationship between your employer and your social media account....more2minPlay
August 09, 2019WMRA Daily 8/9/19Several events are planned this weekend to unite Charlottesville on the second anniversary of a deadly white supremacist rally… More and more of us are discovering the hard way that what you post on your Facebook or Twitter feed can come back to haunt you at your job – new research from JMU shows how… And, in Part 2 of My World , we explore how proposed improvements to I-81 might affect the Valley’s environment…....more13minPlay
August 08, 2019My World: Environmental Effects of Expanding I-81Yesterday, we launched the first part of an occasional series on WMRA called My World , with an exploration of the environmental effects of Interstate 81. In today’s follow-up, WMRA’s Bridget Manley examines what the expansion of Interstate 81 might mean for the environment....more6minPlay
August 08, 2019WMRA Daily 8/8/19Community activists from Charlottesville are asking Twitter to ban white supremacists before the 2nd anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right rally this weekend... Meanwhile, Charlottesville’s former mayor says the current mayor is not doing enough to control council meetings… We kick off a new series called My World , with an answer to an important student question: How does Interstate 81 affect the environment?...more9minPlay
FAQs about WMRA Local News:How many episodes does WMRA Local News have?The podcast currently has 1,914 episodes available.