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Expanded Granville DSS Board Seeks Two Additional Members
Information courtesy of Granville County Public Information Officer Terry Hobgood Granville County needs to fill two new positions on the Granville County Board of Social Services. The two seats were added after the Granville board of commissioners submitted a request to the N.C. Social Services Commission to expand the local board from three members to...
Triangle North Businesss Park Future Home Of VGCC Training Facility
It’s been a few years in the making, but a contingent of local officials joined Vance-Granville Community College President Dr. Rachel Desmarais and others Wednesday afternoon to celebrate a facility – yet to be built – that will support future training needs for existing and prospective industry. VGCC is getting $11.5 million in the newly...
TownTalk: Around Old Granville: Cemetery Preservation In Warren County
We’ve probably all seen them dotting the landscape: small cemeteries – fenced or not – that appear to pop up in odd places along the roadside. But there probably many more gravesites that we don’t see in our daily travels – they may be overgrown with weeds, or shrouded in wooded areas well off the...
The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood: Winterize Your Vehicle
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. When the weather cools off, we think about taking steps to winterize our homes and our wardrobes, but what about our vehicles? There are a few key steps car and truck owners can take now to keep those vehicles in...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 10-05-23 Noon Special Report
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Warren County: Skunks Test Positive For Rabies; Make Sure Your Pets Are Vaccinated!
Two skunks have tested positive for rabies recently in Warren County and county officials remind pet owners that state law requires that all dogs, cats and ferrets older than four months have a current rabies vaccination. Both incidents occurred in Norlina. A skunk climbed into a dog pen on Lewis Mustian Road on Sept. 29...
TownTalk: Masonic Home For Children’s Homecoming Oct. 14
The Masonic Home for Children in Oxford Homecoming gets underway next weekend and organizers have planned plenty of activities for the community to enjoy. Gene Purvis is vocational counselor for MHCO and he said the homecoming festivities give alumni a chance to come back to campus for a visit, but it’s also a time for...
The Local Skinny! Vance And Granville Benefit From State Budget Appropriations
State employees, current and retired, who live in District 32 join others across the state who will see bumps in salaries and retirement checks, thanks to provisions in the budget most recently approved in Raleigh. In his first months in the N.C. House representing District 32, Frank Sossamon helped secure those provisions, but that’s...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 10-04-23 Noon
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VCS Announces September Student Spotlight Honorees
Information courtesy of Aarika Sandlin, Vance County Schools Chief Officer of Communication & Innovative Support Vance County Schools has named its three Student Spotlight winners for September. De’Shun Woods of Vance County Early College, Adreyan Burton of Vance County High School and Taelyn Evans of E.M. Rollins STEAM Academy are the first honorees for...
