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Vance County Schools Named National Beta District
– information courtesy of VCS Communication Coordinator Brielle Barrow For the fifth year in a row, Vance County Schools has been named a National Beta District of Distinction from the National Beta organization for 2022-2023. The award is given to districts that offer National Beta in all schools in their district and induct qualifying students...
FSU Bronco Roundup Set For July 11 At Fox Pond Park
Attention, Fayetteville State University alumni in the four-county area: The annual Bronco Roundup & Sendoff is just a few weeks off and organizers hope alums will join in the fun! The FSU Alumni Chapter representing Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin counties is hosting the free event on Saturday, July 22 beginning at 2 p.m. at...
Planning & Inspections Dept. Launches New Process To Ease Building Permit Review
-information courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James Hicks Franklin County has announced a new process for building plan reviews aimed at expediting plan approval. With an eye on providing better customer service, the county’s Planning & Inspections Department has created an Expedited Residential Plan Review process to facilitate the building permit review process...
Power Of Attorney, Wills And Trusts Topic Of July 11 Meeting
The public is invited to come out and learn more about a couple of legal processes at an upcoming Community Info Series. Join attorney Nathan Baskerville on July 11 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. as he explains details about the process of being a power of attorney and wills and trusts. The informational meeting...
VGCC’s Edmonds Elected To Chair Triangle NC IDEA Foundation
– information courtesy of VGCC Public Information Officer Courtney Cissel Vance-Granville Community College has announced Dr. Jerry Edmonds III, Vice President of Workforce and Community Engagement, is the newly elected chair for Triangle 501(c)(3) NC IDEA. NC IDEA is a Durham-based, independent private foundation committed to equitably empowering North Carolinians to achieve their entrepreneurial potential...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 06-16-23 Noon
Click Play to Listen. On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Local News Audio 06-16-23 Noon ...
“Pop The Hood” – Brakes
— For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. It’s important that our vehicles go when we step on the gas, but it’s just as important that they stop when we apply the brakes. Drivers who hear a scraping or grinding sound when braking should take heed: It...
TownTalk: Around Old Granville
The name Blacknall may be a familiar name in the area – there’s Blacknall Cemetery in Henderson, a historic home in Durham called Blacknall House and another cemetery in Kittrell. These are all vestiges of a once-prominent family whose members have played a role throughout the history of what is now Vance, Franklin and Warren...
WIZS Radio Local News Audio 06-15-23 Noon
Click Play to Listen. On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Local News Audio 06-15-23 Noon ...
Library Closed Monday, June 19; Juneteenth Celebration Downtown Saturday, June 17
Monday is June 19 and Perry Memorial Library will be closed that day in observance of Juneteenth, when enslaved people in Texas received word of their emancipation. The Civil War had ended, the Emancipation Proclamation issued and Union troops traveled widely throughout the Confederacy spreading the word that slavery was over and enslaved people were...
