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Former District Court Judge J. Henry Banks was named the 2025 Citizen of the Year Thursday at the 88th annual banquet of the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce. State Farm Margier White received the Small Business of the Year award and Stephanie Harp was recognized as the 2025 Chamber Ambassador of the Year. 2026 Board Chair […]
More than 35 percent of U.S. households have medical debt, according to an article published in August 2025. Citing 2024 data, the authors wrote that 21 percent had a past-due medical bill and another 23 percent were paying a medical bill over time to a provider – most often to a physician or a dentist. […]
There may be a bit of green in the audience to observe St. Patrick’s Day, but this evening’s concert at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center will be all red, white and blue as the Community Band performs a playlist of patriotic American music as part of the Vance County’s America 250 celebration. The concert […]
The Hicksboro Fire Department got two calls within a 2-hour period on Wednesday afternoon – both on Thomas Road – but were able to take care of them with minimal property damage, thanks to a quick response, mutual aid and a helicopter from the Forest Service. Hicksboro Chief Chad Blake said the first call came […]
Historians tend to look at things in chronological order – after all, dates and timelines are an important tool that help put facts and events and people’s actions into context. Events of long ago can have a ripple effect into the present-day, and WIZS’s Bill Harris and local historian Mark Pace zeroed in on a […]
Vance County Chief Code Enforcement Officer Bob Rosch may have found a “Plan B” when it comes to creating a one-stop shopping concept to house the city and county planning and inspection offices under one roof. And it would come at a substantial savings to the county. Rosch told the Vance County Board of Commissioners […]
A woman died in a house fire Saturday night on Westover Drive in Henderson. According to Henderson Fire Chief Tim Twisdale, the fire happened about 11 p.m. on Saturday at 2506 Westover Drive. The victim was identified as Kathryne Powell King, Twisdale said. Twisdale said fire officials spent much of Saturday night investigating the cause […]
By the end of the American Revolution, the population of what was then known as Granville County was about 8,000 people. Of that number, 40 percent – or 3,200 – were enslaved. The plantation system created by wealthy landowners was utterly dependent on that labor to get in tobacco and other crops. But mostly, it […]
In a narrow 5-4 vote, the Henderson City Council voted against housing city and county planning county planning and inspections together under one roof. In discussion leading up to the vote, Mayor Melissa Elliott was critical of the proposed 20-year lease at $1 a year. Elliott broke the 4-4 vote to defeat the motion. […]
The Remote Area Medical pop-up clinic is scheduled to return to Henderson for a fifth consecutive year, providing medical, dental and vision care absolutely free of charge for anyone. The two-day clinic takes place at Vance Charter School, 2090 Ross Mill Rd., on Saturday, Mar. 28 and Sunday, Mar. 29, and clinic co-leader Lara Kendall […]
