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KARTS Flex Ride Program Begins On-Demand Service
The KARTS flex ride service officially begins today, providing on-demand transportation anywhere within the city limits of Henderson. During the ribbon-cutting Friday, KARTS Executive Director Randy Cantor said the service “brings KARTS into the 21st century” with its Uber-style setup. “My hope is that with the success in Hendersonmaybe we can expand to other cities in...
Grand Opening of Community Garden at VCRFM
The community garden at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market held its official grand opening Saturday, May 24, 2025. Dr. Wykia Macon, director of the Vance County Cooperative Extension, was on hand and hands on! She spoke recently at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market and said agriculture is “undeniably central to our lives,” when...
Home and Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is now open on Saturdays from 8am to 1pm. Monitor rows in garden open ends of rows that have water pooled up in them. Check tomatoes for leaf spot diseases. You can prune all leaves below the first...
Clarke Elementary Principal Dr. C’Monee’ Wilkins Named NCAE’s 2025 Principal Of The Year
Clarke Elementary School Principal Dr. C’monee’ Wilkins has been named 2025 Principal of the Year by the N.C. Association of Educators. This distinguished award honors outstanding leadership, a deep commitment to student and staff success and steadfast support for public education. Wilkins has more than a decade of experience in education. She was selected following...
Maria Parham Oncology Director Kimberly Smith Honored With Mercy Award From LifePoint Health
— courtesy of Maria Parham Health Maria Parham Health is proud to announce that Kimberly Smith, RN, BSN, Director of Oncology, has been named the hospital’s recipient of the 2025 Mercy Award, the highest honor given to a LifePoint Health employee. The Mercy Award, named in memory of LifePoint Health’s founding chairman Scott Mercy, recognizes...
The Local Skinny! Grand Opening of Community Garden at VCRFM
The community garden at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market has its official grand opening this Saturday, and Horticulture and Field Crops agent Michael Ellington invites folks to come out to see the result of months of preparation and what has been achieved. Cooperative Extension staff will be on hand from 12 noon to 2...
Home and Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is now open on Saturdays from 8am to 1pm. Cooperative Extension has publications on most vegetables and fruits that can be grown in the central piedmont of North Carolina call 252-438-8188 or come by the Cooperative Extension Offices...
The Local Skinny! Events To Kick Off Summer at Perry Memorial Library
With summertime approaching, Perry Memorial Library’s Youth Services librarian Melody Peters has planned some programs to help get families and children in the mood for warm-weather activities. The Mother Goose Story Time returns at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 5 and the theme of the morning is The Beach. Subsequent themes include Summer, Art, Camping...
The Local Skinny! N.C. Rep. Bryan Cohn Says $10M For Water Plant Expansion Is Spent
N.C. Rep. Bryan Cohn said House Bill 74, signed into law last week by Gov. Josh Stein, is not anticipated to have any impact on the $10 million that had been reappropriated away from the City of Oxford as part of the Kerr Lake Regional Water expansion. “That money has been distributed and contractors have...
The Local Skinny! County Manager Releases Revised Budget
Vance County Manager C. Renee Perry said that her $64.3 million proposed budget presented to commissioners last week had some missing information, which prompted a line-by-line review of the numbers to create a revised budget. The revised budget seems to be about $600,000 more than the original budget, coming in at $64,933,833. “I know errors...
