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Home and Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. The Integrated Pest Management For The Home Garden Workshop will be on May 5th, 2025 at 6:30pm at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market. Plant transplants on cloudy windless days. Top dress your raised beds with compost or aged manure plus some slow release...
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...
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...
The Local Skinny! Rebuilding Hope Chicken Plate Sale Coming Up April 25
Rebuilding Hope, Inc. is having its spring chicken plate fundraiser Friday, Apr. 25. For the price of $10 a ticket, customers will get half a chicken, potatoes, green beans, bread and dessert, thanks to lots of volunteers who will be working behind the scenes to get food prepared and packaged for takeout. Stop by the...
Home and Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. The Integrated Pest Management For The Home Garden workshop will be on April 28, 2025 at 6:30pm at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market. Wayne Rowland will be hosting this workshop. Read the back of seed packets lots of useful information. Ex: days to...
The Local Skinny! Perry Memorial Library Celebrates Earth Day, National Poetry Month
Perry Memorial Library is teaming up with Vance County Cooperative Extension and Safe Routes To School to promote Earth Day 2025. Youth Services Librarian Melody Peters invites the public to come out on Tuesday, Apr. 22 at 4 p.m. No registration is necessary – just come on out and have some fun! Peters said there...
The Local Skinny! Tasker Fleming on MerleFest 2025
The campus of Wilkes Community College once again transforms into a sprawling concert venue later this month when MerleFest 2025 cranks up for four days of pure musical fun. MerleFest 2025 begins Thursday, Apr. 24 and continues through Sunday, Apr. 27. Tasker Fleming, host of the Front Porch Bluegrass Show that airs from 6 p.m...
The Local Skinny! County Attorney Explains ‘Design/Build’ Concept For Jail Repairs
The Vance County Board of Commissioners have approved a pathway for county staff to proceed with a “design/build” process to make necessary repairs to the jail as it weighs further options for construction of a new detention center. County Attorney Jonathan Care explained to commissioners at their Monday meeting why he recommends this “new” approach...
Chamber Honors Jim Johnson, Vance Recovery At Annual Banquet
Each year the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Banquet serves the dual roles of bringing the membership base together as well as recognizing the outstanding contributions of a local citizen and a local business. At Thursday evening’s event, attended by about 300 people in the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center, Jim Johnson was...
Home and Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. The Vance-Warren Beekeepers Association meeting will be on Monday April 14, 2025 at 7pm at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market. Soil samples are now free as of April 1st. Start spraying fruit trees as soon as blossoms fall. Refrain from tilling garden soil...
