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WIZS Radio Local News Audio 05-16-23 Noon
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WIZS Radio Local News Audio 05-15-23 Noon
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The Local Skinny! Vance Co. Budget Details
Vance County Commissioners have held a couple of work sessions to discuss the proposed 2023-24 budget and the community will have a chance to chime in during an upcoming June 5 public hearing before commissioners decide whether to adopt it. The details of the roughly $57.5 million budget are contained in a 131-page document presented...
New Granville Company Makes Game-Changer Construction Materials That Saves Trees
— Information courtesy of Granville County Public Information Officer Terry Hobgood A facility in Granville County that had been used to make cigarettes has new life making highly advanced building materials out of fast-growing perennial grass. That’s right: Grass. Plantd Materials officially opened its new headquarters and production facility last week in the Knotts Grove...
NC DMV Notes Changes For Teen Drivers
Parents with teen drivers, take note: there are some changes coming to the graduated driver licensing program, and the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles wants to make sure a trip to your local DMV office goes as smoothly as possible. The General Assembly passed a bill that went into effect earlier this week which requires...
Sheriff Brame: Four Arrested For Sale, Delivery Of Cocaine and Heroin
Four people were arrested late last week on a variety of charges related to the sale and delivery of cocaine and heroin from a house in Vance County. The arrested were made as a result of an operation that involved narcotics and CID investigators of the Vance County Sheriff’s office late last week, according to...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 05-11-23 Noon
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Front Porch Bluegrass Show With Tasker Fleming
Tune in to Tasker Fleming’s Front Porch Bluegrass Show on Sunday evenings on WIZS and you’ll surely find yourself tapping your toes to some familiar songs, featuring fiddles, mandolins and more. But tune in to the program on Sunday, May 21 at 6 p.m. and you may hear some familiar – and local – artists...
TownTalk: Short To Retire As Director Of Emergency Operations
Brian Short, director of Vance County emergency operations, is retiring at the end of May. But you won’t find him on the golf course or puttering around in the yard for very long – he’ll begin a new state job just four days after he turns over his local duties to Vivian Lassiter, who will...
FarmsSHARE Program Connects Small Farmers, Local Residents With Fresh, Healthy Foods
FarmsSHARE is a program that was started in 2020 by Carolina Farm Stewardship Association as a response to COVID-19. And now, almost three years later, federal and state agriculture officials have funded the program to keep it going – and even expanding its reach to help underserved communities increase its access to fresh, local-grown foods...
