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SportsTalk: Pender Announced As New Vance County High Football Coach
Henderson, N.C. – The Vance County Board of Education has approved Wilbur Pender as the new Head Football Coach at Vance County High School. Coach Pender is a Franklin County native who graduated from Franklinton High School before continuing his football and academic career at Catawba College. Following his collegiate playing career as a defensive...
Donations Of School Supplies Part of Oxford’s Back To School Bash Aug. 6
Teachers get as excited as schoolchildren when it’s time to get back-to-school supplies. There’s just something about opening a new box ofblack dry erase markers? It doesn’t evoke the same feeling as when opening a new box of crayons, but dry erase markers, loose-leaf paper and index cards are a few of the items that...
WIZS Local News Audio 8-3-21 Noon
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The Local Skinny: Jobs in Vance
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for August 3, 2021. 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 August...
TownTalk: Come Grow With VGCC’s AgriTech Program
Vance-Granville Community College’s South Campus is the site of the upcoming AgriTech program, one of the many continuing education classes offered at VGCC’s four campuses. Tanya Weary, dean of business & industry solutions and of the South Campus in Creedmoor, said registration is open for the class, which will be held in-person one evening a...
Vance, Granville, Warren Masks
Visitors to any indoor Warren County facility must wear masks while conducting business, effective Monday, Aug. 2. As of this publication, there are no mask mandates in Henderson or Vance County buildings, but officials told WIZS that they continue to monitor updates regarding mask recommendations from the state. All visitors entering a Granville County facility...
TownTalk: Saturday Cruise-In A Success
Combine two things that Brandon Boyd is passionate about – cars and animal welfare – and the result is overwhelmingly positive. And that’s just what happened Saturday, July 31 at the annual Classic Car Cruise-In event in Henderson. Folks came in from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. to the show at 284 US 158 Bypass...
Warren County to Require Masks Indoors in All County Facilities
As of this publication on August 2, 2021, Warren County is now included in the Centers for Disease Control report that indicates 92 North Carolina counties have “high” or “substantial” transmission of covid. A Warren County press release states, “Effective August 2nd, Warren County will require will any visitors to indoor county facilities to wear...
WIZS Local News Audio 8-2-21 Noon
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HOPE Program now accepting tenant referrals from landlords, increasing assistance
— press release courtesy North Carolina Department of Public Safety The Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE) Program has announced program changes to accept referrals of tenants from landlords and increase financial awards to North Carolina households that apply for pandemic-related rent and utility assistance. The new guidelines aim to help even more renters get back...
