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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A Rockingham County woman whose aggressive arrest by the Department of Homeland Security was captured on video in October has reached an agreement with the government that will dismiss her resisting arrest charge after three months. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Residente de Staunton detenido por ICE tiene solicitudes pendientes de asilo y tarjeta de residenciaUn hombre de Staunton que huyó de la persecución política en Cuba lleva más de siete meses detenido por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos, a pesar de haber entrado legalmente en el país y tener pendiente un caso de asilo y una solicitud de tarjeta verde. Informa Randi B. Hagi para WMRA. -
A Staunton man who fled political persecution in Cuba has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than seven months, despite entering the country legally and having a pending asylum case and green card application. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
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While a new Shenandoah County School Board member won a legal challenge to his election, there is an open criminal investigation into his conduct. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Harrisonburg researchers and community leaders preserving a historic boarding house have found a trove of documents and photographs that make up a rich archive of Black entrepreneurial life in the early to mid-20th century. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A trial in the Nexus financial exploitation case – which was scheduled to begin in March – has been delayed for the seventh time in four years. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Senator Tim Kaine held a virtual press conference on Tuesday ahead of the State of the Union address, accompanied by Dr. Cameron Roberts, a dentist from the Shenandoah Valley. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Harrisonburg's permanent, low-barrier adult shelter has announced a new partnership to provide mental health services on-site. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Mary Baldwin University, a small, private college with campuses in Staunton and Fishersville, has been through a number of tumultuous changes in the past six months that prompted critique from faculty, students, and alumni. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi looked into what happened, and where the institution is heading now. -
Two leaders and an employee of the company Nexus, formerly based in Verona, pled not guilty to financial exploitation crimes in court on Monday. The case is scheduled to go to trial next month. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
