Randi B. Hagi
News Reporter, Assistant News EditorRandi B. Hagi first joined the WMRA team in 2019 as a freelance reporter. Her work has been featured on NPR and other NPR member stations; in The Harrisonburg Citizen, where she previously served as the assistant editor;The Mennonite; Mennonite World Review; and Eastern Mennonite University's Crossroads magazine.
Randi grew up bouncing around the East Coast with roots in West Virginia. Outside of the media world, she has also worked in restaurants, managed the kitchen at the nonprofit Our Community Place, and raised ducks and sheep. You can contact Randi at hagirb@jmu.edu.
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In Virginia's reliably red 6th District, encompassing the Interstate 81 corridor from Frederick County to Roanoke, Democratic challenger Beth Macy has raised nearly $1.7 million as of currently available data – ahead of Republican incumbent Ben Cline's $1.4 million – and with a very different donor portfolio. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Given the extraordinary nature of the 2026 election cycle, Virginia's five public media news stations are partnering to ensure voters across the state get the full breadth of the federal midterms, state and local elections. This coverage includes questionnaires for the congressional races across the state, as WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A criminal saga involving a high-speed car chase – and crash – on Interstate 81 earlier this year has ended in a nine-and-a-half year prison sentence. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A campaign to bring passenger trains to the Shenandoah Valley has garnered local support in Harrisonburg. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Conservation groups on both sides of the state line are asking a federal court to stop construction of a four-lane highway from Wardensville, West Virginia to the Virginia border. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
As the old proverb goes, "it takes a village to raise a child." One mom in McGaheysville is building hers from the ground up. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Government corruption, economic hardship, immigration, and support for Beth Macy were top of mind at the Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Democratic Committees' Labor Day banquet. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Tras un operativo de Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas de EE. UU. en el condado de Page, en junio, las fuerzas del orden locales y federales anunciaron el arresto de un individuo que, según afirman, tiene vínculos con el crimen organizado. Pero el año pasado, el hombre fue absuelto de los cargos que citan como sus antecedentes penales. Informa Randi B. Hagi, de WMRA. -
A shooting at an elementary school in Waynesboro ended with one staff member injured and the suspect dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Page County in June, local and federal law enforcement have touted the arrest of one individual they say has ties to organized crime. But last year, the man was acquitted on the charges they cite as his criminal record. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
