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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The man previously convicted of the homicide of Towan Cappell in Harrisonburg was convicted of assault and battery this week against a fellow inmate turned informant. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi attended the trial and filed this report. -
Employees at the Molson Coors brewery in Elkton voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union at the end of September. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
While the financial exploitation trial for two Augusta County businessmen is already underway, a defendant's additional arrest and allegations of sexual abuse have surfaced. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
The financial exploitation trial of former Nexus executives Michael Donovan and Richard Moore began in Verona on Tuesday. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Democratic candidates hoping to flip U.S. House seats representing the Shenandoah Valley and South-Central Virginia have continued to outraise their opponents, according to newly published fundraising data. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Ahead of a long-awaited financial exploitation trial that's slated to begin next week, the founder of the company Nexus, formerly based in Verona, was arrested for allegedly running up debt in the name of another young man previously in his care. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
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.
