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By Leslie Durr

Charlottesville, VA – Leslie Durr is an Advanced Practice Nurse with a psychotherapist practice in Charlottesville.

By Martha Woodroof

Luray, VA – The Shenandoah National Park is famous for its beautiful views -- when you can see them. Martha Woodroof takes a look at the state of the air along the Skyline Drive.

Court Decision

By Nancy King

Charlottesville, VA – What are your real chances of winning the lottery? Nancy King found a Virginia physicist who can shed some light on those really, really big numbers.

With Good Reason

By Tom Graham

Charlottesville, VA – The Vice-Presidential sweepstakes is bringing an unusual amount of national attention to Virginia this election year. You've probably heard that a Republican Congressman from Virginia as well as our state's Democratic Governor are currently under consideration. WMRA's Tom Graham wondered how all the talk is affecting the Commonwealth's political dynamics, so he sat down with a journalist known for having his finger on the pulse of Virginia politics.

By June Jeffrey

Winchester, VA – Thoughts on quitting smoking. June Jeffrey is a semi-retired real estate broker in Winchester.

By Nancy King

Charlottesville, VA – In the mid-19th century, American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote that "music is the universal language of mankind."

Nancy King, found a Virginia orchestra conductor whose recent trip to China confirms the timelessness of Longfellow's observation.

By Gracie Eisenhauer

Millbrook, VA – Gracie Eisenhauer is a rising first-year at Millbrook High School

Gracie takes a few moments out from band camp to discuss a musical reminder.

By Tom Graham

Charlottesville, VA – When you find yourself reading about the Olympics over the next few weeks, chances are good that the reporter you are reading was fed by UVA Chef Steve Biery.

WMRA's Tom Graham has this profile of Biery, who now finds himself in charge of feeding more than a thousand journalists.

By Tom Graham

Richmond, VA – Due to the ongoing rise of fuel prices and Virginia's recent transportation impasse, the odds of road improvements in your neighborhood have just gone down. WMRA's Tom Graham made that discovery when he recently spoke with Pierce Homer, Virginia's Transportation Secretary.

By Tom Graham

Richmond, VA – Tom Graham recently spoke by phone with Virginia Secretary of Transportation Pierce Homer.

The main focus of conversation centered around two questions: "How is Virginia government coping with its transportation budget shortfall? What is being done to try to find common ground between Republicans and Democrats with widely varying viewpoints on this issue?"

The full interview runs about 14 minutes in length.