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The Local Skinny! Brick Power Team Weightlifting Event Coming Up
The Brick Power Team is hosting a “Beast On The Bench” power lifting meet next month, and it’s power lifting with a purpose – raising money to help two local women who have helped so many in the community. Harry Orr, executive director of the Brick Power Team, said every penny raised at the Oct...
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...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Farmer’s Market Bee Keeper’s Meeting Soil samples Fire ants Equipment Maintenance Weed and pest control Click Play! WIZS Radio · Home And Garden Show 10-09-24 ...
Bipartisan State Board Unanimously Approves Measures to Help WNC Voters
– information courtesy of the N.C. State Board of Elections The bipartisan State Board of Elections on Monday unanimously approved a long list of emergency measures to help Helene victims vote in the 2024 election and ensure election officials can provide accessible, safe, and secure voting options for residents of Western North Carolina. The 5-0 vote of...
The Local Skinny! Gun Safety And Children Next Forum Topic Hosted By Rep. Frank Sossamon
Rep. Frank Sossamon is hosting forums to underscore the need for gun safety, especially as it pertains to children. The evening forums are designed to share information about gun safety with families. Representatives from the N.C. Dept. of Public Safety and the Center for Safer Schools, along with others, will be on hand during the...
The Local Skinny! Vacant County Director Roles Now Filled
Back in February, Vance County Manager C. Renee Perry was just a few months into her new job. On top of gearing up to prepare the county’s annual budget and getting up to speed on some of the unique challenges and opportunities across the county she was now responsible for, Perry also faced having to...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Extension: The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is only open on Saturdays now. 8am-1pm. The Vance and Warren County Beekeepers will meet October 14 at 7pm at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market. Now is the time to collect your soil samples. If you haven’t...
The Local Skinny! Infinite Possibilities
In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Infinite Possibilities is hosting a candlelight vigil Thursday in Warrenton to remember victims and survivors. The statistics are sobering: in the United States, a person suffers domestic violence every 73 seconds and 1 in 6 women has been sexually assaulted or has been the victim of an attempted...
Trusted Way to Help Western NC with Henry Gupton
Vance County Clerk of Court, the Hon. Henry Gupton, invites the community to come to the courthouse parking lot Tuesday and Wednesday to help fill a trailer with donations bound for hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina. Gupton told WIZS News Monday that he’s coordinated with Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame to get an enclosed trailer –...
Dr. Roddy Drake Recipient Of Order Of The Long Leaf Pine
With family, friends and colleagues looking on, W. Rodwell Drake, M.D. – Roddy – became the most recent recipient of The Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Rep. Frank Sossamon presented Drake with the framed award Thursday morning on behalf of N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper. “It’s important to recognize people who have served us and...
