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Improvements to a busy intersection in southern Granville County are set to begin soon, now that the N.C. Dept. of Transportation has awarded the $6.2 million contract to Raleigh-based Sunrock Industries, LLC, which has an operation in Butner. Work on the N.C. 56 intersection at West Lyon Station Road could begin as early as this […]
–information courtesy of VGCC Public Information Officer Courtney Cissel The holiday season has officially begun, and the VGCC Community Band is back in action this month to present its annual Holiday Concert. This year’s event will occur on Monday, Dec. 16, at McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center in downtown Henderson. The concert will begin at […]
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Vance County Regional Farmers Market’s last open day for 2024 will be this Saturday, December 14th, from 8am-1pm. We encourage you to buy a North Carolina Christmas Tree this year for the Holidays. If you have a cut live Christmas tree, check that live […]
When the lights go down inside McGregor Hall Saturday afternoon, all the hard work of the musicians and other performers will be put to the test – it’s showtime. Connie Ragland Productions and Reclaiming Our Youth presents “Showtime at McGregor Hall,” a talent show modeled after Showtime at the Apollo in New York’s Harlem Theater. […]
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City of Henderson firefighters know that the next call they get could involve saving someone’s life. It’s what they train for. For the past seven or eight years, however, the firefighters at Central Station One on Dabney Drive have taken to the street – literally – to help fight a different battle, one that can […]
Vance County Commissioners are tapping the county’s fund balance to take care of a couple of bills – to the tune of more than $822,000 – that involve health care at the local detention center. Of that amount, $352,000 will be used to pay past due invoices, some dating back to 2019, that were not […]
The City of Henderson has named Hassan Kingsberry its interim city attorney. Kingsberry was sworn in last week and began his work with the city immediately. After D. Rix Edwards recently announced his retirement, City Manager Terrell Blackmon told WIZS News that Kingsberry had been selected for the interim role while a search for a […]
UPDATED: Dec. 9, 2024 – 11 PM The Henderson City Council adopted a unified development ordinance – UDO – which updates a number of zoning and subdivision ordinances, many of which have been in place since the 1970’s. City staff and planners have spent the last year working with Insight Planning Consultants to develop the […]
The folks who gathered at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market for the Farm-City luncheon were treated to some good ol’ Southern style food – fried chicken, barbecue, with all the fixin’s, but surely the sweet treat came when local historian Mark Pace shared a brief – but comprehensive – history of agriculture in the […]
