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 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. -
Drug overdose-related deaths are decreasing across the state, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi spoke with a representative of the Central Shenandoah Health District about this trend and their overdose prevention services. -
WMRA previously reported on a group of anti-Trump protesters who were issued citations and warnings for "non-travel" use of the I-81 overpass bridge in Woodstock. About a week later, another group of protesters assembled on a different overpass in Shenandoah County – and two of them were arrested. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Difficulty recruiting medical professionals and the forecasted impacts of the Trump administration's healthcare funding cuts have led Augusta Medical Group to close three facilities. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
The national nonprofit Remote Area Medical will return to Luray later this month. They're seeking volunteers to help with their free, pop-up medical clinic. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
A nonprofit that provides mental health services in the Staunton, Augusta County, Waynesboro area is celebrating newly regained financial security that will allow them to expand programs. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
Sentencing has been postponed for a man who was convicted in January of murdering two women in Harrisonburg in 2021. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
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A brain injury nonprofit is getting the word out about the signs of a stroke, and the services they offer to stroke survivors and caregivers. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports. -
La mañana del jueves, el senador Mark Warner se reunió con Kilmar Abrego García y otros inmigrantes detenidos en el el Centro de Detención de Farmville. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi informes.
