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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"No Kings" protesters packed the Reservoir Road sidewalk in Woodstock for two hours Saturday morning. This event, while one of an estimated 2,600 gatherings across the country that day, was also part of a seven month streak of weekly demonstrations here against the Trump administration. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that the company Nexus, formerly based in Augusta County, defrauded immigrant clients and owes $811 million in restitution and penalties. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
As WMRA previously reported, three political demonstrators have ongoing court cases in Shenandoah County for defying state troopers' demands that they leave two different bridges on two separate occasions. In court on Tuesday, bailiffs initially prevented members of the public from entering the courtroom, while prosecutors agreed to abandon one charge that was improperly applied to the protesters. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
The spotted lanternfly has descended upon grape vines, fruit orchards, and maple trees in more than half of Virginia's counties, including the entire Shenandoah Valley. One local vineyard is arming their patrons to help swat out the invasive insects. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
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.
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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.
