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GVPH Gets $50K For ‘Tooth Club’ Preventive Oral Health Services
– information courtesy of Granville Vance Public Health Granville Vance Public Health has been awarded $50,000 by the Triangle North Healthcare Foundation for the CFFD-Tooth Club, a program to address and correct oral health issues among students enrolled in Vance County Schools, Henderson Collegiate, and Vance County Head Start. The GVPH Carolina Fellows Family Dentistry clinic...
Crystal Smith Named Warren County Manager
In a unanimous vote, the Warren County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to appoint Crystal Smith as county manager. After retiring from the N.C. Cooperative Extension service in May 2023, Smith returned to Warren County to be the senior assistant to the county manager; she was appointed interim county manager in February 2024. Smith began...
The Local Skinny! Jayden Watkins And ‘Higher is Waiting’
Jayden Watkins the student is on fall break this week, which gives Jayden Watkins the part-time radio guy some extra daytime hours at WIZS. And maybe, just maybe, it gives Jayden Watkins the founder of the nonprofit “Higher Is Waiting” a little time to devote to his developing organization. At age 16, the junior at...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 10-10-24 Noon
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Chamber’s Annual Cluck ‘N Shuck Coming To Granville Expo Center Nov. 1
Get your tickets now for the annual Cluck ‘N Shuck! The name may sound a little funny, but when it comes to the what’s on the menu, nothing beats the annual fundraiser the Granville County Chamber of Commerce puts on. This year’s event is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 1 at the Granville County Convention &...
TownTalk: N.C. Court Of Appeals Seat 12 Contest
The following is part of WIZS’s continuing coverage of the upcoming general election on Nov. 5. In-person early voting begins Thursday, Oct. 17 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 2. Carolyn Thompson The N.C. Court of Appeals is the second-highest court in the state, and as the name implies, the 15 judges that make up the...
Henderson Police Charge Two Men In Sept. 28 Garnett St. Shooting Incident
– Information From Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow Two Vance County men face charges related to a Sept. 28 incident outside a downtown business that involved gunfire and five people being injured. The shooting incident happened just before midnight on Saturday, Sept. 28, and Police Chief Marcus Barrow said that, as of Tuesday, Oct. 8...
TownTalk: District 1 Candidates For County Commissioner
The following is part of WIZS’s continuing coverage of the upcoming general election on Nov. 5. In-person early voting begins Thursday, Oct. 17 and the lone contested county race is for the District 1 seat on the Vance County Board of Commissioners. Democratic incumbent Carolyn Faines is seeking re-election and faces opposition from Republican challenger...
WIZS Radio Henderson Local News 10-09-24 Noon
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Granville County Public Schools Considers More Consolidation, School Closures
The Granville County Board of Education has scheduled two public hearings on Monday, Oct 21 to hear from the community about closing two more schools in the Granville County Public Schools district and consolidating high schools and middle schools in the southern part of the county. The public hearings will be held in the gymnasium...
