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— Information courtesy of Granville County Public Information Officer Terry Hobgood A facility in Granville County that had been used to make cigarettes has new life making highly advanced building materials out of fast-growing perennial grass. That’s right: Grass. Plantd Materials officially opened its new headquarters and production facility last week in the Knotts Grove […]
Parents with teen drivers, take note: there are some changes coming to the graduated driver licensing program, and the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles wants to make sure a trip to your local DMV office goes as smoothly as possible. The General Assembly passed a bill that went into effect earlier this week which requires […]
Four people were arrested late last week on a variety of charges related to the sale and delivery of cocaine and heroin from a house in Vance County. The arrested were made as a result of an operation that involved narcotics and CID investigators of the Vance County Sheriff’s office late last week, according to […]
Tune in to Tasker Fleming’s Front Porch Bluegrass Show on Sunday evenings on WIZS and you’ll surely find yourself tapping your toes to some familiar songs, featuring fiddles, mandolins and more. But tune in to the program on Sunday, May 21 at 6 p.m. and you may hear some familiar – and local – artists […]
Brian Short, director of Vance County emergency operations, is retiring at the end of May. But you won’t find him on the golf course or puttering around in the yard for very long – he’ll begin a new state job just four days after he turns over his local duties to Vivian Lassiter, who will […]
FarmsSHARE is a program that was started in 2020 by Carolina Farm Stewardship Association as a response to COVID-19. And now, almost three years later, federal and state agriculture officials have funded the program to keep it going – and even expanding its reach to help underserved communities increase its access to fresh, local-grown foods. […]
May is Trauma Awareness Month, and American Red Cross encourages individuals to sign up to give blood at upcoming local drives as a way to help in situations where every second counts. Blood products – blood, plasma and platelets – can provide lifesaving care, but hospitals often struggle to keep sufficient supplies on hand. Did […]
-information courtesy of Brielle Barrow, VCS communication coordinator A group of business leaders and professionals joined forces to share their knowledge, expertise and paths to success recently for the first Young Women’s Empowerment Conference sponsored by Vance County Schools. The conference was designed “to inspire and empower middle and high school students to be their […]
A Granville County native has received the 2023 Nicholas M. Curtis Memorial Scholarship Endowment by the North Carolina Forestry Association. Cameron Carter will receive the $2,000 scholarship, established in memory of Curtis, whose commitment to sustainable foresty was matched only by his desire to help others. In a press release issued by his office, N.C. […]
The Granville County Board of Commissioners has scheduled a public hearing on May 15 to discuss the proposed 2023-24 budget. County Manager Drew Cummings presented his first budget during the commissioners’ May 1 meeting, which calls for an extra $1 million to Granville County Public Schools, cost of living adjustments for county employees, all with […]
