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American Red Cross Blood Drives In August
August is National Wellness Month, and the American Red Cross is encouraging people to prioritize their personal health and well-being while helping to save lives with a blood or platelet donation. Donors of all blood types – especially those with type O positive or B negative blood – are asked to make an appointment now...
Commissioners Give Nod To Continuing Joint City, County Code Enforcement Agreement, Nix Matching Funds For Splash Park
The Vance County Board of Commissioners approved by consensus Monday a request from City Manager Hassan T. Kingsberry to continue the county’s joint building code enforcement agreement with the city. Although the Henderson City Council had voted to come out of that agreement at its December 2024 meeting, Kingsberry said he has recommended to the...
The Local Skinny! Gov. Stein Signs ‘Mini-Budget’ Supporting Medicaid
Gov. Josh Stein signed a “mini budget” on Wednesday that state lawmakers passed that includes some stopgap spending measures, one of which includes supporting Medicaid. N.C. District 32 Rep. Bryan Cohn has stated the importance of informing his constituents how the recently passed federal legislation – the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” – will affect...
State Auditor Discloses Details Of DMV Audit As Long Wait Times, Lines Continue Across State
— information courtesy of the N.C. Office of the State Auditor The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor has released two audits of North Carolina’s Division of Motor Vehicles. The reports – including a performance audit and information systems audit – were conducted to examine the current operational challenges affecting the most forward-facing agency in state government...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 08-07-25 Noon
Listen On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM Click Play! WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 08-07-25 Noon...
Cooperative Extension with Jamon Glover: Bedtime Problems pt. 3
Jamon Glover, on the Vance County Cooperative Extension Report: We continue our series on working with children with bedtime problems. This time we talk about how to keep your child in the bed after they have already been put to bed. Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream...
Local Man Faces Drug Charges; Cocaine, Marijuana, Guns, Cash Among Items Seized During Search Warrant
— from the office of Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, members of the Vance County Sheriff’s Office VICE/Narcotics Unit, the NC State Bureau of Investigation and the Henderson Police Department Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at 125 Harrison Ave., Henderson, after an extensive joint investigation into cocaine trafficking at...
TownTalk: Commissioners Vote 4-2 To End Funding For Vance County Rescue Squad
The Vance County Rescue Squad, in operation since 1953 as a nonprofit organization, will not get funding from the county commissioners beyond the 3-month contract extension that ends Sept. 30. Listen to TownTalk for a more detailed analysis of what the contract termination could mean for the rescue squad and how it may operate in...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 08-06-25 Noon
Listen On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM Click Play! WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 08-06-25 Noon...
The Local Skinny! Summer Reading Program Highlights And New Fall Programs At Perry Memorial Library
Perry Memorial Library Youth Services librarian Melody Peters likens reading to physical exercise: Reading exercises your brain just like physical activity exercises your body. And as Peters reflects on the success of the recently completed summer reading program, participants got a lot of brain exercise! She told WIZS’s Scout Hughes that more than 600...
