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The Local Skinny! Working Conditions for City Employees
City of Henderson employees will receive a survey in a few weeks to give feedback about working conditions. As City Manager/City Attorney Hassan T. Kingsberry explained to Council members at the April 14 meeting, the survey will be anonymous – employees will not be asked to give their names. Kingsberry told Council members that some...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 04-24-25 Noon
Listen On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM Click Play! WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 04-24-25 Noon...
TownTalk: Around Old Granville – Warren County Historical Markers
The historical marker that bears his name doesn’t have room for it, but James Turner is the North Carolinian who came the closest to being President of the United States. He only made it as far as Speaker of the House, said Mark Pace, local historian and North Carolina Room specialist at Thornton Library in...
Reservation Fees Going Up At State Parks May 1
If you’ve put off making that campsite reservation at one of the parks in the state parks system, you’ve got until Wednesday, April 30 at 11:59 p.m. to do so before prices go up. Effective May 1, 2025, reservation fees at campgrounds and vehicle entrance fees at reservoirs will increase across the state parks system...
Commissioners Discuss Support Of New City Communications Tower During Work Session
During a work session Monday, Vance County commissioners heard from city officials about progress being made on construction of a communications tower at the North Henderson ball fields that will be funded, in part, by $2.175 million in federal funds secured by U.S. Congressman Don Davis. City Manager Hassan T. Kingsberry and Assistant City Manager...
Maria Parham Health’s Cancer Survivor Dinner May 16
— information courtesy of Maria Parham Health Public Information Officer Donna Young Maria Parham Health is hosting its annual Cancer Survivor Dinner on Friday, May 16 and invites survivors and their guests to come be a part of the event to celebrate their strength and resilience in their journeys to overcome cancer. The dinner begins...
TownTalk: Child Abuse Prevention Month with S.A.M. Child Advocacy
If you’ve driven down Garnett Street lately, you may have noticed a tree in the yard of 704 S. Garnett St. decorated with blue ribbons. Those ribbons, tied to branches and limbs of that tree, have created a ‘Tree of Hope’ this year to observe National Child Abuse Prevention Month, said Cara Gill, executive director...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 04-23-25 Noon
Listen On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM Click Play! WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 04-23-35 Noon...
Maria Parham Health Releases 2024 Community Benefit Report
— Donna Young, Maria Parham Health Public Information Officer Maria Parham Health has published its community benefit report for the 2024 calendar year. This annual report outlines the various ways the hospital is working to support the health and economic vitality of the Henderson/Vance County region as part of its mission of making communities healthier®. “For more than...
TownTalk: Local Media Featured Topic In Chamber’s ‘Envision Vance’ Publication
If the WIZS radio tower or the old Dispatch printing presses could talk, oh, the stories they could tell! The tower up on the hill outside the studio on Radio Lane has provided transmissions for decades – 70 years, come May 1 when the station came on the air. And those presses, which produced so...
