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WIZS Local News Audio 8-17-21 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 17, 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...
MPH Visitation Changes Effective Aug 17
According to information courtesy of mariaparham.com, the hospital’s visitation policy changes effective August 17, 2021. The MPH web post indicates visitors allowed in an inpatient setting will reduce from two down to one. Emergency room visitors are not permitted to wait in the lobby or waiting area with patients. And, there are other limitations for...
WIZS Local News Audio 8-16-21 Noon
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The Local Skinny: Five County Job Fair Coming To Oxford Saturday
The next Kerr-Tar Community Job Fair is here, this Saturday, August 21. Twenty or more employers and other community resource providers will gather from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Hix Field in Oxford. As Desiree Brooks, business service manager for the Workforce Development Board of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments explains, as of...
TownTalk: The Benefits Of Breastfeeding
August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month and staff from the Granville-Vance Health Department were on Monday’s Town Talk to discuss the services available to new mothers and mothers-to-be through the federally funded program Women, Infants and Children (WIC). “Breastfeeding is an integral part of our program,” said Lauren Faulkner, WIC director and who is also a...
High Transmission
Information from Granville-Vance Public Health as of Friday. In the past 7 days, there have been 108 new cases in Vance County, a 235% increase from the previous 7 days. The percent positivity rate in Vance County is 6.4%. According to the CDC COVID Data Tracker, there is high community transmission in Vance County. In...
Warren County announces key staffing hires in Emergency Services and Public Utilities
— press release courtesy of Warren County Warren County, North Carolina – Effective September 1, 2021, Warren County will name Joel Bartholomew of Warrenton as the new Emergency Services Director. Bartholomew joins Warren County from the City of Henderson, with over 15 years of experience; six (6) years were served as a Battalion Chief. Bartholomew...
WIZS Local News Audio 08-13-21 Noon
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After Short Term Here, H-V Econ Dev Dir Moving On
Not a full eight months from his January 19th start date, Henderson-Vance Economic Development Director Christian Lockamy has tendered his resignation. He told WIZS News he put his notice in August 11. Lockamy said, “I’m going to work with an old colleague who has started a business brokerage business called Transworld Business advisors. He has...
