RALEIGH – As crews fight two wildfires in Western North Carolina, the N.C. Forest Service is also urging residents across the state to exercise caution when burning debris during spring fire season, which typically lasts from March to May. Firefighters from the NCFS and the U.S. Forest Service are battling the 595-acre Weed Lane Fire in Buncombe County. One home has been destroyed and five more damaged. The NCFS is also assisting the USFS on the 150-acre Poplar Fire in …
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Attorney General Roy Cooper: Revealed – Top Consumer Complaints
Last year, 21,305 consumers filed complaints with the Consumer Protection Division of the North Carolina Attorney General‘s Office. The top consumer complaints of 2014 were: 1. Do Not Call2. Telemarketing Fraud3. Lending4. Motor Vehicles5. Home Repair6. Credit7. Internet/Computers8. Health Care9. Television Services10. Telecommunications Visit our website to learn more about the Top Ten Consumer Complains of 2014. And remember, if you think you may have been the victim of a scam, fraud, or deceptive business practice, file a complaint online …
Vance County Schools – Governor’s School Participant
Annabelle Webb, a junior at Northern Vance High School, has been selected to attend the prestigious Governor’s School of North Carolina this summer. She will attend the six-week residential program on the campus of Salem College in Winston-Salem. Her major focus of study will be social science. Her participation in Governor’s School will begin the latter part of June and extend through July. The Governor’s School of North Carolina is a summer residential program for intellectually gifted high school students, …
NC House Unanimously Supports Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Energy Rates in Eastern North Carolina
Raleigh, NC – Today the NC House unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would allow dozens of eastern North Carolina communities to proceed with a critical sales agreement that will reduce electricity rates and spur job growth and economic development across eastern North Carolina. A signing ceremony by the Governor is being planned in (208 E. Nash St,Wilson) for Thursday at 11 am. This sales agreement has already been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory commission, but requires state legislative …
Vance County Board of Commissioners meeting for Monday April 6th, 2015
Vance County Board of Commissioners meeting for Monday April 6th, 2015 Download the full agenda packet here: 20150406_vcboc_agenda_packet Invocation Pastor Keith Benze, First Presbyterian Church Recognition of Leadership-Vance Participants 1. Public Hearing 6:05 p.m. Zoning Ordinance Amendments 2. Appointment 6:15 p.m. Brian Short, Emergency Operations Certification Achievement 3. Public Comments (for those registered to speak by 5:45 p.m. – each speaker is limited to five minutes) 4. Water District Boarda. Water Planning Committee Report 5. Committee Reports and Recommendationsa. Human Resources Committeeb. …
Vance County Schools – Biodiesel 4 Schools Program
Vance County Schools announces a new partnership with the North Carolina based Biodiesel 4 Schools program in an effort to collect used cooking oil from Vance County area restaurants and grocery stores. This is Vance County School’s first partnership specifically designed to create a local, sustainable, agriculturally-based, bio-energy source. This partnership represents the 10th public school system in North Carolina to sign on with the Biodiesel 4 Schools program since the summer of 2012. Through this public/private partnership, Vance County Schools …
NC Cooperative Extension Updates for Small Scale Farmers
BACKYARD POULTRY CLASS Are you interested in small-scale poultry production? Our Backyard Farmer School continues this Thursday evening, 4/2, with a session on raising chickens. The class will be taught by Kelsey Lichtenwalner, Warren County Livestock Extension Agent, 6:30 pm at the Warren County Extension Center (158 Rafters Lane, Warrenton). The cost is only $5 and you will receive a great set of resource materials. VENDOR APPLICATIONS FOR VANCE COUNTY REGIONAL FARMERS MARKET The Market opens on April 18th and …
Union Bank honors founders with new VGCC Scholarship
Oxford-based Union Bank has established a new Vance-Granville Community College scholarship to pay tribute to the business and community leaders who founded the bank. The “Union Bank & Trust Founding Directors Academic Achievement Award” will be presented to a VGCC student for the first time in 2016. This is the second scholarship created by the bank, following the Union Bank/Stanley H. Fox Presidential Merit Award scholarship, which was endowed in 2014. Fox, a former state legislator, is director emeritus on …
Downtown Revitalization Leaders Honored at Main Street Conference
North Carolina Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and Assistant Secretary Dr. Patricia Mitchell highlighted downtown revitalization efforts across the state at an awards celebration in Morganton March 19. The N.C. Main Street Awards Conference featured 23 awards to participants in the N.C. Main Street and Small Town Main Street programs. Winners are recognized for excellence in downtown revitalization efforts in categories that include promotion, organization, design and economic restructuring. “Congratulations are in order for North Carolina’s Main Street Champions …
Vance County Schools – Viking Voices Perform
Members of the Northern Vance High School show choir, Viking Voices, are shown as they prepare to perform for the Region K Senior Games Opening Ceremony at the D.N. Hix gymnasium in Oxford on March 26, 2015. The students include, from left, Camden Jones, Jakelyn Delcid, Miranda Yount, Avery Adcock, Tre’shon Williams, Jaylen Webb, J’eonte Parham, Destiny Davis, Emily Howarth, Danielle Hargrove, Marissa Henderson and Kendal Almand. The show choir is directed by Cindy Clark.
VGCC offers weekend Motorcycle Safety program
Vance-Granville Community College has announced upcoming spring and summer dates for the Motorcycle Safety program, which is offered on weekends at the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. The 22-hour motorcycle safety course will be offered over three consecutive days (Friday through Sunday) on these dates: April 17-19, May 1-3, May 22-24, June 5-7, June 19-21, July 10-12, July 17-19 and Aug. 7-9. Each course begins on Friday from 6 until 10 p.m. and continues from 8 a.m. to 6 …
Elementary School News March 30-April 3, 2015
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 2 Issue 31 March 30-April 3, 2015 The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS We wish everyone a safe and relaxing spring break! The nine-week grading period will end on Thursday. Friday is the …
Vance County Public Safety Committee Meeting Notice April 7th, 2015
Vance County’s Public Safety Committee (Commissioners Brummitt, Brown and Hester) is scheduled to meet Tuesday, April 7 2015 at 3:00 p.m. to discuss Fire and EMS matters. All commissioners are invited to attend.
Middle and High School News March 30-April 3, 2015
VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS Volume 3, Issue 31 A Publication for Middle and High Schools March 30-April 3, 2015 The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ? We wish everyone a safe and relaxing spring break! ? There will be an information session for parents …
VGCC names 346 students to President’s and Dean’s Lists
Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 159 students earned President’s List and 187 students earned Dean’s List academic honors for the fall 2014 semester. This is the first semester that VGCC has published a President’s List, which recognizes students who achieved a perfect 4.0 grade-point average (GPA) while carrying a “full load” (of at least 12 credit hours) in 100-level or higher courses leading to a diploma or degree. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student had …
Got to Be NC Festival seeks antique tractors, vendors, musicians May 15-17, 2015
RALEIGH – Event organizers are looking for farm-equipment hobbyists, musicians and vendors interested in participating in the 2015 Got to Be NC Festival May 15-17 at the State Fairgrounds. This celebration of N.C. agriculture is produced by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, with Lowes Foods as the title sponsor. The festival features foods, wines and beers from across North Carolina, live music, a full carnival, and one of the largest displays of antique tractors and farm equipment …
VGCC offers Two Small Business Seminars April 14
The Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center has scheduled a pair of free seminars for Tuesday, April 14, at the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. “Are Your Ready to Run Your Business From Your Home?” will be held from 1 until 4 p.m. that day, while “Cash: The Lifeline of Your Business” will follow from 6 until 9 p.m. The location for both is Room 7107 (Building 7). Leading both seminars will be Harry Ponder of Carolina Business Services …
Vance County Education Committee Meeting Notice April 1st, 2015
Vance County’s Education Committee (Commissioners Wilder, Garrison and Taylor) is scheduled to meet Wednesday, April 1 at 11:00 a.m. to discuss a Summer Work Program. The meeting will be held in the County’s Administrative Conference Room. All Commissioners are invited to attend.
VGCC presents Lecture Series on “Money” issues
Vance-Granville Community College’s Arts and Sciences division is offering an enlightening public lecture series this semester on the theme of “money,” including issues of economic inequality. Faculty members from various departments within the division are making presentations, applying their particular fields of expertise to the subject. The first lecture was held March 24 and was entitled “Show Me the Money! Income & Wealth Inequality Throughout the Centuries.” Sociology instructor and VGCC alumnus Leslie Hurt started the program by defining terms …
Vance County Board of Education Called Meeting March 31, 2015
VANCE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Called Meeting Tuesday, March 31, 2015 5:30 p.m. Administrative Services Center Board Room, 1724 Graham Avenue Henderson, N. C. 27536 AGENDA Call to Order * II. Approval of Meeting Agenda III. North Carolina School Boards Association Representatives * IV. Executive Session * V. Adjournment * Requires Board Action