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.
-
A former Augusta County businessman who pled guilty to federal tax evasion will remain in custody until his sentencing. Listeners are advised that this story contains discussion of attempted suicide. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
The Blue Ridge Abortion Fund provides resources to Virginians and people traveling into Virginia for abortions. They've seen an increase in out-of-state clients in the last three years. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi spoke with their executive director and filed this report. -
A principios de marzo, WMRA presentó una solicitud bajo la Ley de Libertad de Información (FOIA, por sus siglas en inglés) a la Oficina de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU., conocida como ICE. Recibimos los resultados a finales de septiembre. Los datos que publicaron revelan cuántas personas fueron arrestadas por ICE en nuestra región de transmisión durante los primeros meses del segundo mandato del presidente Trump, así como algunas tendencias dentro de esos arrestos. Bob Leweke, de WMRA, se sentó con Randi B. Hagi para analizar estos registros. -
In early March, WMRA submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. We received the results at the end of September. The data they released reveals the number of people arrested by ICE in our broadcast region in the first months of President Donald Trump's second presidency, as well as trends within those arrests. WMRA's Bob Leweke sat down with Randi B. Hagi to discuss these records.
-
The Augusta County Commonwealth's Attorney says that a man who died in the custody of the sheriff's office in May died of a drug overdose, and no charges would be filed in the case. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Shenandoah National Park remains open during the federal government shutdown, but advocates warn that limited staffing will impact visitor safety during the park's busiest season. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
WMRA previously reported on the arrests of two protesters on the Quicksburg I-81 overpass on Labor Day. Their accounts of the incident raised questions of whether due process was followed, and what motivated the state troopers involved. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi spoke with the local prosecutor and a retired state police officer, and filed this report. -
More than 500 people gathered in Winchester on Wednesday evening in memory of Charlie Kirk, co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA who was murdered in Utah last week. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A Rockingham County judge has upheld Anthony Eugene Robinson's conviction for murdering two women in 2021, and scheduled a sentencing hearing for December. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Dozens of Mennonites were arrested on Capitol Hill last week after protesting the war in Gaza outside Sen. Mark Warner's office. Many of them were from the Harrisonburg area. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
