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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...
The Local Skinny! Broadband Internet Initiative Brings More Access To Vance County Residents
Vance County is set to get about $3.4 million of a $41 million funding pie as state and local leaders work with utility companies further shrink the gap to internet access. N.C. District 32 Rep. Bryan Cohn said this latest project will bring broadband internet access to an additional 1,327 homes and businesses...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 04-22-25 Noon
Listen On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM Click Play! WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 04-22-25 Noon...
Guardians of the Grid: Duke Energy Celebrates National Lineworker Appreciation Day April 18
Electricity is essential to everyday life – keeping households cool in summer and warm in winter, the lights on and the computers humming. It’s a complex system of transmission wires above ground and below that keep journeyman lineworkers like Cameron Beck busy on a routine day, never mind after storms or other events that interrupt...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 04-21-25 Noon
Listen On Air at 8am, 12pm, 5pm M-F WIZS Radio ~ 100.1FM/1450AM Click Play! WIZS Radio · WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 04-21-25 Noon...
The Local Skinny! Job Fair Coming to VGCC
More than 50 employers are expected to attend Vance-Granville Community College’s Spring Graduate Career Fair Thursday, and organizers are excited to see how the networking will take place between those who are looking to fill positions and those who may fit the bill. With graduation just a few weeks away, VGCC Director of Career Services...
Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Growing Tomatoes
On the Vance County Cooperative Extension Report from Wayne Rowland: Tomatoes can be grown in the home garden if you follow correct planting techniques. Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs. Click Play! WIZS Radio · Cooperative Extension with Wayne...
Henderson Police Department Arrests Three Suspects in Armed Robbery
— press release On April 16, 2025, at approximately 9:40 p.m., officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to a report of an armed robbery at the “Henderson Corner Store,” located at 1045 S. William St. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the victim, identified as Jonathan Ayscue, who reported being robbed by three male...
