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Andrew S. Dawson of Henderson recently became the first Vance-Granville Community College student to earn the “Microsoft Office Specialist Master” certification. The certification is awarded to someone who successfully passes a set of certification exams that test proficiency in multiple Microsoft software applications. Dawson completed the Excel 2013, Excel 2013 Expert-level, Access 2013 and Word […]
UNC Chapel Hill: Giving back to the lower income counties of NC By: Noah Whittacre – WIZS Since 2014 Vance County has been a part of the recently-developed Carolina College Advising Corps program. The program at UNC Chapel Hill was created in 2007 to give lower income schools and areas the tools and resources to […]
Sheriff Peter White announces the following arrest by the Vance County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit: David Joshua Walker 537 South Cooper Drive Henderson, NC 27536 Age: 25 Manufacturing Methamphetamine Possession of Precursor chemicals for the Manufacture of Methamphetamine Bond: $110,000 Court Date: 08/29/2016 The Vance County Drug Enforcement Unit arrested the above individual after […]
Vance-Granville Community College was recently recognized as the top two-year college in North Carolina for online programs, and, in a separate ranking, was named one of the top five two-year colleges in the state for the second year in a row. In its list of the “Best Online Schools in North Carolina for 2015-2016,” the […]
The Henderson City Council’s Public Safety Committee will meet on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at City Hall, 134 Rose Avenue. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss traffic issues. The public is welcome.
DA Mike Waters – ecadpressrelease Electronic Compliance and Dismissal (ECAD) quicker and more efficient for citizens Oxford, N.C.- Citizens of Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren Counties can now easily request dismissal of certain traffic violations online with the launch of the new Electronic Compliance and Dismissal (ECAD) system. The application delivers a modern and user friendly experience […]
The State Farmers Market is looking for the largest watermelon in North Carolina. The public weigh-in and awards ceremony is part of the market’s Watermelon Day on July 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “North Carolina is the eighth-largest producer of watermelons in the nation,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “I encourage families to […]
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees selected Danny W. Wright of Henderson as its next chair, succeeding Deborah Brown, as the board met for its bi-monthly meeting on Monday, July 18, on the college’s Main Campus. Herb Gregory of Oxford was re-elected as vice chair, while Brown, a Henderson resident, was elected secretary of […]
Vance County Schools will host school bus driver training sessions Monday August 8 – Wednesday August 10, at L.B. Yancey Elementary School. Interested persons must attend the training on all three days to receive certification. We will only be training individuals to drive school buses. The training sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 3 p.m. each day. […]
Last week, on Tuesday, July 12th, the Granville County Board of Education held a special called meeting to take up discussion about the future of the J.F. Webb High School campus. Superintendent Dr. Dorwin Howard presented information to the Board members regarding demographics and other information about Webb High School and the School of Health […]
