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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Some turtle patients from the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro are spending the winter at Bridgewater College – giving the students hands-on experience with rehabilitation. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
The Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA has announced the development of an in-house veterinary center, scheduled to open this spring. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Rockingham County has declared a local state of emergency due to last weekend's winter storm and its impacts on farmers. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Last Friday, Jan. 23, all charges were dismissed against three protesters who were arrested and cited during two separate demonstrations in Shenandoah County last year. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Anicira, a nonprofit veterinary hospital based in Harrisonburg, has stopped providing spay and neuter services to the local animal shelter. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Respiratory illness is starting to trend downwards in Virginia after hitting a peak in late December. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A crowd gathered in Harrisonburg on Friday evening to hold a vigil for people killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
On New Year's Eve, a federal judge dismissed parts of a lawsuit against Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith, but let other pieces of the litigation proceed. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Throughout this year, WMRA has followed the story of a young family of four living in Staunton. The father, Olman, has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since June. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi attended his wife's asylum hearing earlier this month and discussed the outcome with Bob Leweke. -
A panel of three judges heard arguments on Monday in a challenge to the eligibility of a newly-elected school board member to hold public office in Shenandoah County. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
