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WIZS Radio Local News Audio 01-19-22 Noon
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Transformed Eaton Johnson Campus Getting Ready For New Life To Serve Community
The next few days are moving days for employees of the local department of social services, senior center and youth services as they transition from their old office spaces to their renovated spaces on the campus of the former Eaton Johnson Middle School. Local officials gathered last week for a ribbon-cutting at the new facility...
TownTalk: Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society Continues Its Mission To Save Animals
The mission of Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society is to find homes for dogs and cats that, through no fault of their own, wind up at the Vance County Animal Shelter. RCAPS is in its 10th year of work in Vance County, and Brandon Boyd told Bill Harris on Tuesday’s Town Talk that a new...
The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: Tungsten Mine
Timing is everything, and for a couple of local gold prospectors back in 1942, that adage certainly rang true. The Hamme brothers, Richard and Joe, didn’t find gold in the northwest part of Vance County, but what they did find certainly proved valuable and timely. It wasn’t gold. But they found tungsten. Mark Pace and...
WIZS Radio Local New Audio 01-18-22 Noon
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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 01-18-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for January 18th, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email christa@hendersonvance.org to be included. JOB OPENINGS IN VANCE COUNTY – Week of January...
Library Seeks Public Input to Plan for the Future
According to Patti McAnally, H. Leslie Perry Library Director, the library is looking to design the future of public library service for the Perry Memorial Library. Over the past few months, the library has been conducting a community assessment survey to gauge what Vance County wants from their public library. The library is asking for...
FLVF Looking For Youth Advocate To Work With Young Victims Of Abuse, Assault
Families Living Violence Free is a WIZS advertiser. This is not a paid ad. Families Living Violence Free is looking for a qualified person to be a youth development/court advocate to provide counseling and other advocacy services to youth who are primary or secondary victims of domestic abuse and/or sexual assault. The position requires...
NCDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Application Period Open Now Through Mar. 4 At Noon
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting grant applications for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Nonprofits and government agencies have until noon on Mar. 4 to submit applications. Applicants can submit a draft application for staff review by Jan. 26 to gain feedback on their grant proposals. A .pdf of the...
Latest COVID-19 Figures for Vance and Granville Counties
Lisa Harrison, Granville-Vance Public Health Director, has released the latest local date regarding COVID-19. As of January 14th, 95% of all confirmed cases are now the Omicron Variant. In the past 7 days, there have been 890* new cases in Granville County. The percent positivity rate in Granville County is 21.7%. According to the CDC...