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Vance County EMS Selected as a 2020 Mission Lifeline Award Recipient
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information and photos courtesy the County of Vance Vance County EMS was recently selected as a 2020 Mission Lifeline Award recipient by the American Heart Association. On Wednesday, County Manager Jordan McMillen and Chairman of the Board Gordon Wilder presented Paramedic...
New VGCC Scholarship Endowed in Memory of George Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Daniel
THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY -Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Faye Daniel Chappell and her brother, R. T. “Tom” Daniel, both of Oxford, recently established a new scholarship at Vance-Granville Community College in memory of their brother, George R. “Ronnie” Daniel. VGCC will award the Ronnie Daniel Memorial Academic Achievement Scholarship to...
After Second Public Hearing, City to Move Forward With Coronavirus Grant Application
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Henderson City Manager E. Terrell Blackmon provided WIZS with the following summary of the City’s second public hearing regarding the submission of a Coronavirus-related Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV). The hearing was held Wednesday, September 23, 2020. There was no one...
Planning Committee to Consider White Goods Disposal at Hwy 39 Convenience Site
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy the County of Vance Please be informed that Vance County’s Planning Committee (Faines, Kelly, Wilder) is scheduled to meet Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 4 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Administrative Conference Room of the Vance...
Duke Energy Offering Extended Payment Plan Options
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Tanya Evans, District Manager, Duke Energy As Duke Energy gradually resumes standard billing and payment practices in North Carolina, our goal is to work with customers in need to ensure they have the opportunity to enroll in a payment...
Warren County Memorial Library Reopens
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Warren County Memorial Library The Warren County Memorial Library reopened to this public this week. Hours are currently Monday – Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Book/resource browsing, copying, printing and faxing are available inside. No contact pickup...
Local Noon News Audio 9/23/20
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Maria Parham Health Nationally Recognized as a Best Maternity Care Hospital by Newsweek Local COVID-19 Update Nationally-Recognized Hungry Heroes and Founder Amanda Riggan Visited and Fed Henderson Fire Station #1 and Henderson Police Department on Tuesday Click Play to Listen to Full...
Painting at the Dog Park, Exercising, Job Training a Few of H-V Rec. & Parks’ Fall Activities
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy the Henderson-Vance Recreation & Parks Department The Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Department announces a few of its upcoming events: Fit and Feisty – this eight-week program provides information to participants ages 55 and better on topics related to health...
Cooperative Extension to Hold Four-Part Farm Business Webinar Series
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Information courtesy Warren County Cooperative Extension Franklin and Warren County Cooperative Extension will host a four-part Farm Business Webinar Series for interested participants. Sessions Include: September 24, 2020 – Farm Estates with Andrew Branan October 1, 2020 – Present Use Values...
Governor Announces Additional Small Business Relief, Reopening of Large Outdoor Venues
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL -Press Release, Office of Governor Roy Cooper Some North Carolina small businesses that have experienced extraordinary disruption to their operations due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic may benefit from a $40 million relief program to help offset fixed costs like rent...