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The Local Skinny! Vance County Jail
The Vance County commissioners continue to move forward to address issues with the county detention center, and at their meeting Monday chose a Raleigh architectural firm to complete a needs assessment and make recommendations and suggestions about whether to repair or replace. Moseley Architects worked with Granville County to build its newly completed jail complex...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Nights are getting cooler start planning your season extension measures etc row covers, sheets, cardboard. Don’t be too quick to clean up perennial beds. The dried stalks and foliage can provide overwintering habitat for beneficial insects and cover for birds. With cooler temps scout...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 10-04-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for October 4, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email Michele@hendersonvance.org to be included. Business Name – Versatrim Job Opening – Multiple Job...
Windy, Rainy Hurricane Ian Largely Spared Vance County Area
Residents in Vance County and the surrounding area may be picking up scattered branches and limbs from Friday’s storm, but overall damage was limited to downed trees and minimal property damage. Crews spent Friday evening and Saturday restoring power to customers who lost electricity in the pouring rain and driving wind. On Saturday, 7,028 customers...
The Local Skinny! Clayton Homes Of Oxford Supports KidsCan! At Duke Cancer Institute
Clayton Oxford is known as #929 in the larger corporate family that is Clayton Homes, so what better day than Sept. 29 – 9/29 – to kick off the local manufacturer’s monthlong fundraising effort called Pink October? One long table in the breakroom at the Knotts Grove Road plant was filled Thursday with all sorts...
Home And Garden Show
— On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Vegetables to plant now Chinese cabbage, Garlic, bulb onions, spinach Don’t apply lime to your lawn out of habit or routine. Any vegetables growing now still needs 1 inch of rain or irrigation Scout for fire ants and treat active mounds. If renovating...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 09-27-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for September 27, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email michele@hendersonvance.org to be included. ···························· Name of Business- Community Workforce Solutions, Inc Title...
The Local Skinny! Free Prostate Cancer Screening To Be Held At Maria Parham
Maria Parham Health is sponsoring a free prostate cancer screening on Thursday, Sept. 29 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cancer Center Director Kim Smith and Hope Breedlove, a social worker who helps clients navigate the process of getting screened, reviewing results and understanding treatment options encourage men in the community to come take part...
The Local Skinny! COVID-19 Update
Although daily updates about COVID-19 transmission rates, sickness and deaths have evolved to weekly and now monthly updates, Granville-Vance Health Director Lisa Harrison’s updates have become regular reminders that although vaccines have reduced the threat of severe illness and worse in the community, the transmission rate in Vance County remains high. In the latest update...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Vegetables to plant now Chinese cabbage, Garlic, bulb onions, spinach Plant tall fescue NOW. Discussion about choosing grass seed. Any vegetables growing now still needs 1 inch of rain or irrigation Consider adding late-season pollinator forage to your garden. If renovating your lawn make...
