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WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 05-31-24 Noon
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AP Triton Presents Fire Study To Fire Commission, Public Safety Committee
Members of the county’s public safety committee and the fire commission received a fire study report completed by AP Triton, which included 19 recommendations for the county’s fire service. The first recommendation was keeping the current Vance County Fire Department as it is. The report stated that VCFD “is essential to a continued level of...
TownTalk: Hawkins Named Vice Dean of UNC School of Social Work
Robert Hawkins graduated high school in 1981 and he’s pretty much stayed in the field of academia since he left Henderson to attend Appalachian State University as a new undergraduate. His experiences growing up in Vance County, along with his extensive research in the field of social work and especially the effects of living in...
Calculating Your Property Tax Bill
Whether you reach for a sharpened No. 2 pencil and a piece of paper or choose to tap numbers into your phone’s calculator, it’s time to do a little math to at least have an idea of what your tax bill may look like. Although neither the city nor the county has adopted the new...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 05-30-24 Noon
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WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 05-29-24 Noon
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TownTalk: Proposed County and City Tax Rates
Now that city and county elected officials have gotten recommended budgets from the city and county managers, it’s time for budget work sessions and public hearings to hear citizens’ comments before the final budgets are adopted. State law requires that local governments must adopt their budgets before July 1, when the new fiscal year begins...
MedAssist OTC Medicine Giveaway May 31 At Warren Armory
The Warren County Health Department is partnering with NC MedAssist and Triangle North Healthcare Foundation to host a free over-the-counter medicine giveaway on Friday, May 31, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. The event will be held at the Warren County Armory Civic Center located at 501 US Hwy 158 Bus E in Warrenton. The...
Vance County Commissioners Receive $57M Budget
The Vance County Board of Commissioners received the 2024-25 budget recommendation Tuesday afternoon. The budget totals more than $57 million and achieves a revenue-neutral tax rate of $61.3 cents per $100 property value, down from the current rate of 89 cents. It took about 15 minutes for Vance County Manager C. Renee Perry to present...
TownTalk: Author Rosetta Canada-Hargrove Publishes Two Books
It was when she first moved to the Henderson area, some 40 years ago, that Rosetta Canada-Hargrove started writing her first book. But, as with so many people, “life” intervened and papers and notes got put away in boxes for later. As it turns out, “later” was during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her husband and...
