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TownTalk: City Council Removes Daeke As Mayor Pro Tem, Replaces Him With Michael Venable
The Henderson City Council on Monday voted to remove Council Member Garry Daeke as mayor pro tem and replace him with Council Member Michael Venable. Daeke was not present at the meeting but told WIZS News Tuesday afternoon that he was not totally surprised by the decision. “We saw this coming a month or so...
The Local Skinny! City Council Chooses Iconic Downtown Bank Building As Site Of Local Mobility Hub
The Henderson City Council chose Monday night the former First National Bank building to be the site of the mobility hub for the S-Line railway project. In a unanimous vote, at its regular monthly meeting, the Council selected the historic building located in the middle of downtown Henderson. Council members Sara Coffey, Garry Daeke and...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 02-11-25 Noon
Listen On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM Click Play! WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 02-11-25 Noon...
Annual Farmers Market Meeting Feb. 18 At 6 PM for Interested Vendors
This is the time of year that gardeners have been waiting for all winter – they’re perusing seed catalogs and making plans for what to plant and what new vegetable varieties to try this growing season. It’s also the time for those producers that sell – or want to sell – their produce, fruit and...
Short Term, Depopulate; Long Term, What Does Architect Firm Think
At a Vance County Board of Commissioners special called meeting Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock, a motion was voted on and passed 4 to 2 in favor of moving forward with an existing request for quote (RFQ) between the county and Mosley Architects for work at the existing jail as well as building a new...
Maria Parham Health To Hold RN Open House Feb. 20
Maria Parham Health will host an RN Open House on Thursday, Feb. 20 and invites all Registered Nurses, as well as nursing students and recent graduates to attend. The Open House, which will take place at the hospital from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., provides an opportunity for nurses and future nurses to explore job...
The Local Skinny! Tommy Farmer Recognized By The NC Association Of Soil & Water Conservation
Tommy Farmer has been a member of the local soil and water conservation district for 30 years – he was recently recognized for his decades of service at the annual statewide meeting in Durham. “Time has really flown by fast,” Farmer said on Monday’s segment of The Local Skinny! As the name implies, a local...
TownTalk: Carolina Peanut Factory, Deli Rekindle Local Retail Outlet Following Fire
Carol Monahan said she and husband John thought they were going to have a peanut store with a little deli on the side, but the way things are going, it’s the other way around – the Deli has been open for about six months and Carol said they’ve been thrilled with the response from the...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 02-10-25 Noon
Listen On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM Click Play! WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 02-10-25 Noon...
Thinking Of Planting A Specialty Crop? N.C. Ag Dept. Accepting Grant Applications
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting grant applications for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, which aims to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the marketplace. Nonprofits and government agencies have until 5 p.m. on Mar 10 to submit applications. The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program is managed by the...
