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The Local Skinny! VGCC Helping Entrepreneurs
Vance-Granville Community College’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center (EIC) is open for business. Students and community members attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Granville County Chamber of Commerce recently to mark this momentous occasion. The Nov. 9 event coincided with Global Entrepreneurship Week. The EIC is located at VGCC’s South Campus in Creedmoor and...
The Local Skinny! Youth Interested In Showing Dairy Calves Can Attend Meeting Nov. 16 At Warren Armory
Youngsters who want to learn more about the 2022 Dairy Calf project of the Warren County Extension 4-H program are invited to a meeting next week, according to information from Matthew Place, Warren livestock agent. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. at the Warren Armory Civic Center. The civic...
Home And Garden Show 11-10-21
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. THIS WEEK IN THE GARDEN Tips for backyard egg production Tips for backyard meat bird production Tips for raising goats/sheep Tips for pasture management for goats/sheep Meat vs. milk Processing options Click Play WIZS Radio · The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 11-10-21...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for November 9th, 2021. 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 christa@hendersonvance.org to be included. JOB OPENINGS IN VANCE COUNTY – Week of November...
Remembering Thurston “TJ” Julius
Please click to play audio as WIZS remembers Thurston “TJ” Julius for his impact on his community, for his professionalism and for his wit. J.M. White Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. WIZS Radio · Remembering Thurston “TJ” Julius...
The Local Skinny! Boys & Girls Club Giving Youth A Brighter Future
The Boys & Girls Club of North Central North Carolina has its main club site for Vance County at 212 N. Clark St. in Henderson, but with some financial support from a 21st Century Grant, two satellite clubs are up and running at two elementary schools in the county. Ronald Bennett serves on the group’s...
Home And Garden Show 11-3-21
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Compost leaves please DO NOT BURN THEM! Continue planting trees and shrubs. Dig a planting hole that’s 2 or 3 times as wide as the rootball, and no deeper than the rootball. Have Frost Protection materials ready projected forecasts for lows will be in...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for November 2, 2021. 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 christa@hendersonvance.org to be included. JOB OPENINGS IN VANCE COUNTY – Week of November...
The Local Skinny! Economic Incentive Grant to M. R. Williams
County Approves More Than $126,000 In Economic Development Incentive Grant Funding To M.R. Williams, Inc. The Vance County commissioners on Monday approved more than $126,000 in economic development incentive grant funding for local wholesaler M.R. Wiliams, Inc., which is planning to embark on a $4 million capital improvement project. M.R. Williams, Inc., located at 230...
The Local Skinny! Vance Furniture Celebrates 80 Years
Eighty years ago, in 1941, Henderson’s population was just under 8,000. The U.S. was finally climbing out of The Great Depression. The attack on Pearl Harbor was less than two months away which would bring about World War II. Amid all of this, Vance Furniture Company opened its doors. And 80 years later those doors...
