From WMRA News: Local hospitals are bracing for Medicaid funding cuts. The so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" cuts federal healthcare spending in several ways. Augusta Health and Valley Health told WMRA they're already planning for serious funding cuts.
www.wmra.org/2025-08-20/l...
Hear local NPR station WMRA's report on the Trump pardon for the former Culpepper Virginia Sheriff Scott Jenkins, who was convicted of taking at least 75k in bribes.
www.wmra.org/2025-05-28/t...
Check out the newly created page at WMRA- How Federal Funding for Public Media Works - and Why It's Essential for WMRA. www.wmra.org/how-federal-... . As news about Public Media Funding develops, we will update on that page, plus it's a great explainer on how NPR local station funding works.
Here is the science explained behind the #TorpedoBats ! MLB is happy for anything that gets the run totals up!
www.wmra.org/2025-04-02/h...
How the end of Virginia's subminimum wage program affects real people. Randi B Hagi has this report from WMRA.
www.wmra.org/2025-03-31/l...
I love it when a good idea comes up!
(YELLS for those in the back)
Your NPR station is funded mostly by listeners.
Go set up a recurring donation. Even $10/month is good.
$10/month is $2.50 a week. You have that.
Donate money to your local NPR station. That is today’s mission.
What about it, People? Shall we give NPR & PBS a bunch of new subscribers to NPR+ Bundle & PBS Passport or tax-dedictible donations? And tell your Senators & Representatives - HANDS OFF OUR INDEPENDENT NEWS SOURCES! 💚⚡💚
Stand firm, NPR and PBS. The bulk of your funding comes from listeners and viewers.
Katherine Maher says in her opening statement that #NPR is unbiased, non partisan, fact based news with member stations that provide local news and programs that are the "fabric of our community." Blue Ridge Public Radio and Alaska public radio exemplify the postiive impact public media imparts.
PBS & NPR ensure free access to fact-based journalism, educational programming & cultural storytelling for all—regardless of income. Federal support for public broadcasting is an investment in an informed, equitable democracy. #SavePBS www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Local support is what drives NPR Member Stations. THANK YOU!
Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat
My story (as always - for NPR)
www.npr.org/2025/03/25/n...
Sharing pics from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History in DC. Chuck Berrys Cadillac, Jackie Robinson, Parliaments Mothership, Doug Williams etc. The cultural floor added joy amidst the sobering truths depicted elsewhere in the museum.
@awfulannouncing.bsky.social
it’s at #MarchMadness that we remember that expert commentator for @espn.com Seth Greenberg once met a kid who longed to play in Blacksburg because his dad was a legend there. Greenberg said “eh..not good enough for a scholarship kid.”
The kid was Steph Curry
Gotta laugh about #MarchMadness
Which team will win bullshit machine? "The one with the most points." THANKS !
www.wmra.org/2025-03-06/d...
Something else to think about when examining #tariffs from @npr.org
"Your flag flyin' over the courthouse
Means certain things are set in stone.
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't"
Bruce Springsteen
The verdict is in from the Shopping Cart Killer trial in Harrisonburg. Here is the coverage from WMRA. Kudos to Randi for such outstanding reporting.
www.wmra.org/2025-01-30/r...
Check out @npr.org reporting on the investigation into NPR and PBS by the new FCC Chief. I think -for every US citizen, about $1.60 a year goes to the public broadcasting. What a bargain !
www.wmra.org/2025-01-30/t...
Meanwhile in Harrisonburg, the Shopping Cart Killer trial has begun. Here are the WMRA stories from the first two days.
Day 1
www.wmra.org/2025-01-27/a...
Day 2
www.wmra.org/2025-01-28/s...
@npr published this morninng a comprehensive explainer of the first week executive orders, as it was a lot to keep track of.
This goes order by order, explaining what it is, when it takes effect, and what the topic is,
www.wmra.org/2025-01-28/a...
A good dive into what is going on with the China AI story from @npr.org and Morning Edition.
www.wmra.org/2025-01-28/i...
#HTTC Just going to enjoy this and hope it’s not another 25 years this time! #GOCOMMANDERS
Hey there-Tuesday night, @npr.org WMRA's Books and Brews guest was @nytimes.com Best Selling author Earl Swift, presenting his book Hell Put To Shame about peonage slavery continuing into 1920's #Georgia. Stunning hidden history. Public Radio Service at its finest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=orLf...
