Entries by Laura Gabel

TownTalk: G.R.A.C.E. Ministries Reaches Out To Those With Addictions

Jamie Elliott hopes to have a good turnout at the G.R.A.C.E. Ministries Addiction and Recovery Rally this Saturday. It’s a time for people to learn more about community resources for those who need help, and it’s also a time to hear from individuals in recovery who have turned their lives around. The rally will begin […]

Maria Parham Welcomes New Family Nurse Practioner To GI Staff

–Information courtesy of Donna Young, MPH marketing & communication coordinator Maria Parham Health Tuesday announced that Colleen Truax, FNP has joined its staff and will be offering GI services to patients throughout Henderson, Vance County and the surrounding area. “We are pleased to welcome Colleen Truax to our Maria Parham family as part of our growing GI practice,” […]

TownTalk: Tourism And Its Impact On The Local Economy

We spend money every day, during trips to the grocery store or the pharmacy, for example. But each day, Vance County residents shop alongside visitors to the community who may be camping at Kerr Lake or who are in town for a dance competition or one of a number of annual events that draw folks […]

Tourism Dollars Pump Up Local Economy In 2021

Visitors to Vance County spent close to $60 million in 2021, an increase of more than 35 percent from 2020. Vance joins the other 99 counties in the state that have reported a rebound of tourism dollars flowing into the state’s economy in 2021. According to information from the N.C. Department of Commerce, Vance County […]

GREAT Grant To Bring Broadband To More Warren Homes, Businesses

The NC Department of Information Technology has announced that Spectrum Southeast, LLC has been awarded a $4 million grant to provide broadband services to more than 1,400 households and businesses in Warren County. Once this project and another federally funded project are completed, the entire county should have broadband availability. The Growing Rural Economies with […]

The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: History Of Cedar Walk

Think about it for a minute: Is is easier to remember what you ate for breakfast this morning or to visualize in your mind the house where you grew up? Many historians rely on people’s long-term memories to piece together the past, and that is exactly what Mark Pace did to try to learn more […]

TownTalk: Classes For Caregivers

A six-week online class designed to help family caregivers do the very best they can for their loved ones – and for themselves – is set to get underway in early September and Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments staffer Susan Tucker wants folks to know how helpful the program is. Tucker speaks from first-hand experience: […]

TownTalk: Love Of Performing Keeps Alston And Manhattans On Stage

The smooth, sultry sounds of The Manhattans is a balm for anyone who grew up listening to R&B and Henderson’s own Gerald Alston has helped to create that sound for, well, a few years now. Alston will perform this Friday evening, Sept. 2 at McGregor Hall alongside Troy May and newcomer Lawrence Newton, with the […]

TownTalk: Coming Together To Improve The Community

The Henderson Police Department’s Tony Mills wears a couple of hats – he’s a detective but he also serves as a liaison with state and federal law enforcement agencies to make sure those strong partnerships are in place among the different entities. But Mills also is from Henderson, and he calls Henderson home, which just […]

TownTalk: Blackmon And Ellington Attend Chamber Business Meeting

It’s a well-used analogy, but one appropriate for the situation that Henderson and the surrounding community finds itself in, according to City Manager Terrell Blackmon: The seeds for growth and improvement have been planted, and now the area is beginning to see those seeds sprout. But some onlookers may not be convinced until the flowers […]