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Leadership Changes Announced for Granville Co. Public Schools
-Press Release, Granville County Public Schools At their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 3, 2019, the Granville County Board of Education approved recommended changes to numerous leadership positions at the school and district levels. These positions will become effective July 1, 2019, and will be in effect for the 2019-2020 academic year. Superintendent McLean...
Town Talk: Vance County Schools’ Year-End Events
Terri Hedrick, public information officer with Vance County Schools, was on Wednesday’s edition of WIZS’ Town Talk program to announce the school system’s end-of-year events and activities. This Friday, June 7 will be the last day of VCS’ 2018-19 school year. Hedrick discussed the Vance County Early College High School’s recent graduation ceremony on May...
Granville Board of Elections to Conduct Seminar on Voter ID Requirement
-Press Release, Granville County Board of Elections The Granville County Board of Elections will hold an educational seminar about voter photo identification requirements at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at the Granville County Expo and Convention Center, 4185 US Highway 15 South, Oxford, NC 27565. The seminar is free and open...
Vance Co. Middle School Eighth Graders Recognized at Year-End Ceremony
-Press Release, Vance County Schools Eighth graders for the 2018-2019 school year at Vance County Middle School were recognized for their achievements during a special year-end ceremony held in the school’s gymnasium on Tuesday, June 4. Principal Heddie Somerville began the ceremony by welcoming everyone in attendance, including the approximately 350 eighth graders and an...
Flying Drones Near Wildfires Could Result in Felony Charge
-Press Release, NCDA&CS An increased use of drones, or unmanned aerial systems, around active wildfires are putting wildland firefighting operations at risk. These devices fly within the same altitude as aerial firefighting aircraft, which is between ground level and 200 feet. Firefighting aircraft do not have any methods of detecting drones other than by seeing...
Town Talk: Brummitt Discusses Vance Co. Budget, Fire Restructuring
On Tuesday’s Town Talk edition, Vance County Commissioner Dan Brummitt provided an update on discussions held at the June 3, 2019, Vance County Board of Commissioners meeting. Continuing to hammer out the details of the FY 2019-20 Vance County budget – proposed at $48,362,611 – commissioners have a matter of weeks to finalize plans before...
Triangle North Healthcare Foundation Endows Third VGCC Scholarship
-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College The Triangle North Healthcare Foundation recently endowed a new scholarship specifically designed to support Vance-Granville Community College Nursing students who are enrolled in a program to complete bachelor’s degrees. In awarding the “Triangle North Healthcare Foundation RIBN Presidential Scholar Award,” preference will be given to students in the “Regionally Increasing...
Tickets to be Issued for U-Turns, Semi-Circle Turns in Downtown Oxford
-Press Release, City of Oxford The City of Oxford is reminding the citizens of Oxford that on February 13, 2018, the Oxford Board of Commissioners voted to make the following changes to Chapter 20 Section 56 of the Traffic Ordinance for the City of Oxford’s Code of Ordinances. § 20-56 Paragraph A – No driver...
Ag. Commissioner Troxler: ‘Farmers Should Prepare for Hurricane Season’
-Press Release, NCDA&CS Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler’s annual plea for farmers to prepare for hurricane season is especially poignant this year in light of Hurricane Florence’s destruction in 2018. “So many of us are still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Florence. This storm has been a disastrous reminder of just how important it is...
