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It’s Tax Time! Electronic Filing Could Speed Returns
–information courtesy of the Internal Revenue Service The 2022 tax filing season is off and running and the IRS is asking taxpayers to take extra precautions to file an accurate tax return electronically, which could help speed refunds. This year’s deadline to file is April 18, according to information from the IRS. Employers are busy...
Feb. 1 Ribbon-Cutting To Rename City Operations Center For Dr. Andrea Harris
The City of Henderson’s operations and service center will be renamed for Dr. Andrea L. Harris at a ribbon-cutting ceremony next week. The public is invited to attend the event, which will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. at the facility, located at 900 S. Beckford Dr., according to information from County...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. If you have brushy areas you can clean that brush out now because you can see what you are cutting. Be very cautious about using bulk manure or hay as a mulch or amendment in your garden due to the risk of herbicide carryover...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 1-26-22 Noon
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Community Health Opinion Survey Deadline Approaching Quickly
With just days left before the deadline, Granville Vance Public Health is asking community members to complete an online community health opinion survey. You may have received a postcard in the mail about this as well. The survey is confidential and may take about 20 minutes to complete. Click Here – go.unc.edu/GranvilleVance2022...
Man Charged With Assaulting A Female And Sheriff’s Deputy Who Responded To Call For Help
One man has been charged with assault after a female victim was found in a home with stab wounds late last month. The Vance County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a possible assault on Dec. 31, 2021 on Spring Valley Road. According to a press statement from Sheriff Curtis R. Brame, a deputy...
Peanut Roaster Fire
Firefighters responded to a call at the Peanut Roaster early Tuesday morning, and Deputy Chief Curtis Tyndall said that not many details are available, but that the business is not operational. “When we got there, there was a fairly substantial fire,” Tyndall told WIZS News Tuesday by phone. The call came in about 1:39 a.m...
Montague Receives Governor’s Award For Excellence In Customer Service
North Carolina Forest Service Granville-Vance Area Ranger Robert Montague is a recent recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Customer Service – one of the state’s highest honors. The service aspect of his job is exactly what drives Montague. “The service part is what is important to me,” Montague said. “I enjoy what I do every...
Funds Available To Help Landowners Improve Waterways, Reduce Flood Hazards
The Granville County Soil and Water Conservation Office is looking for eligible properties to participate in a new program to fund preventative improvements to local waterways and reduce flooding hazards. The Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program (StRAP), administered by the N.C. Soil and Water Conservation Commission, has $38 million to be used to reduce flooding across...
TownTalk: Red Cross Makes A Difference In The Life Of Mike Peoples
It was March 2002 and Navy veteran Mike Peoples was getting a tour of an American Red Cross facility, mainly just so he could get a couple of persistent staffers off his back. Little did he realize that it would be that day – March 22, 2002 – that he says the Red...
