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WIZS Local News 03-16-21 Noon
WIZS Your Community Voice — 100.1 FM / 1450 AM Click Play for today’s Local News Audio. PRESENTED IN PART BY OUR SPONSOR DRAKE DENTISTRY Local News Airs on WIZS M-F at 8 a.m., 12 Noon and 5 p.m. “TownTalk” Airs on WIZS M-F at 11 a.m. “The Local Skinny!” Airs on WIZS Mon-Thurs at...
Betsy Hunt Named Chief Nursing Officer of Maria Parham Health
— press release from Maria Parham Health Maria Parham Health announced today that Betsy Hunt has been named Chief Nursing Officer of MPH, effective immediately. Betsy Hunt has been acting as interim CNO since October of 2020. “We are so excited to have Betsy step into this important leadership role,” said Bert Beard, chief executive...
WIZS Local News 03-15-21 Noon
WIZS Your Community Voice — 100.1 FM / 1450 AM Click Play for today’s Local News Audio. PRESENTED IN PART BY OUR SPONSOR DRAKE DENTISTRY Local News Airs on WIZS M-F at 8 a.m., 12 Noon and 5 p.m. “TownTalk” Airs on WIZS M-F at 11 a.m. “The Local Skinny!” Airs on WIZS Mon-Thurs at...
The Local Skinny! March 15; Items for sale; Cooperative Extension; Fire Reorganization Add On
In “The Local Skinny!” audio podcast listed below, please find calls and emails with items for sale plus Wayne Rowland’s Vance Co. Cooperative Extension Report for Monday, March 15. WIZS Radio · The Local Skinny! March 15; Items to sell; Vance Co. Cooperative Extension “The Local Skinny!” news topic planned for the day today was...
TownTalk 03-15-21; NC 811 Exec Dir Louis Panzer; plus Vance Co. Fire Reorganization
Whether you’re planting a few shrubs around the house, putting in a new mailbox at the driveway or starting some larger project around the yard, the first step should be dialing 811 to make sure where you dig is free of underground pipes or wiring. Louis Panzer, executive director of North Carolina 811, Inc. told...
SportsTalk 03-12-21 Brian Howard, Vance Charter
Seventh Grader McKenzie Pendergrass scored her first points as a middle school basketball player for Vance Charter School Tuesday night against Roxboro Community School. However, Pendergrass isn’t just any player and those weren’t just any points. Those points scored put Pendergrass and Vance Charter on ESPN. Pendergrass is in a wheel chair and Head Coach...
Henderson’s Sewer Rehab “Find” and “Fix” Plan
The Henderson City Council paved the way for a sewer rehabilitation project in hopes of rectifying a recent spate of overflows by approving acceptance of a $2,542,553 loan from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The matter was on the consent agenda at the council’s Mar. 8 meeting, and City Manager Terrell Blackmon said...
WIZS Local News 03-12-21 Noon
WIZS Your Community Voice — 100.1 FM / 1450 AM Click Play for today’s Local News Audio. PRESENTED IN PART BY OUR SPONSOR DRAKE DENTISTRY Local News Airs on WIZS M-F at 8 a.m., 12 Noon and 5 p.m. “TownTalk” Airs on WIZS M-F at 11 a.m. “The Local Skinny!” Airs on WIZS Mon-Thurs at...
Local Covid Update; Granville Vance Public Health Vaccine Hotline Reminder
— written from information provided by Lisa Harrison, director Granville Vance Public Health. The information was provided March 10, but this article was not written or published until March 11. Since the pandemic began, Vance County has seen 4,450 positive test results, and Granville County has seen 5,341. As a result of covid, 82 have...
Use care when burning yard debris
The sunny skies and warmer temperatures may be tempting area residents to get outside and burn yard debris, but a local fire ranger urges landowners to use abundant caution to avoid problems. Just in the last week, fire departments in Vance and Granville counties and the NC Forest Service have responded to 13 wildfires. Of...
