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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 08-09-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for August 9, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email michele@hendersonvance.org to be included. ••••••••••••••••••••••• Business Name – Central Baptist Church Job Opening...
Henderson Collegiate To Host Teacher Career Fair Thursday, Aug. 11
Henderson Collegiate is hosting a teacher career fair Thursday morning and is offering a $2,000 signing bonus for any of a number of open positions at the K-12 charter school. Prospective applicants don’t need a teacher license in hand – just bring a resume. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on...
Upcoming Blood Drives In Area; Donors Entered To Win Free Gas Card
There’s a blood drive scheduled for this Wednesday in Oxford and donors are desperately needed to ward off a shortage during the waning days of summer. The drive will be at the Public Works Center from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Public Works Center is located at 127 Penn Ave., Oxford. Another drive will...
Town Talk: Sossamon Discusses District 32 Candidacy
The following is part of WIZS’s continuing coverage of candidates running for local and state office in the November election. Frank Sossamon has participated in several organized community forums lately as part of his campaign for the District 32 seat in the N.C. House. There have been two in Vance County and one in...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 08-09-22 Noon
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Juror Shortage Prompts More Summonses In More Citizens’ Mailboxes
COVID-19 has been blamed for everything from global supply chain problems to schoolchildren’s lagging academic achievement. And Vance Clerk of Superior Court Henry Gupton said the current lack of jurors for local trials could also be blamed on the virus. Gupton told WIZS News Friday that for the next five Mondays, the juror pool will...
City Council To Consider Minimum Housing Code At Aug. 8 Meeting
The Henderson City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers, 134 Rose Ave. Council members are scheduled to review a draft of the proposed minimum housing standards, according to the agenda. The draft still needs to be finalized and approved by the council. There...
Brame Asks Commissioners For Study To Build New Jail
Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame continues to work to correct deficiencies at the local jail, but he said the fact of the matter is this: the county needs a new detention center. Brame addressed the Vance County Commissioners at their Aug. 1 meeting, during which the most recent jail inspection report was presented for review...
Franklin County Has One Confirmed Monkeypox Case
Courtesy of James F. Hicks, III, Franklin County public information officer On Friday August 5, the Franklin County Health Department was contacted by the North Carolina Department of Public Health to report the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Franklin County. The patient is currently isolating at home and Franklin County Health Department staff are...
County Departments to Move from Nash Street to Shannon Village
— courtesy of Franklin County Government Several Franklin County departments will move to new office space beginning August 5th. Franklin County’s Planning and Inspections Department, Tax Department, and GIS Department will move from the 215 East Nash Street, Louisburg location to 127 Shannon Village – the former Louisburg Senior Center – in Louisburg. The Shannon...
