HENDERSON — More than 30% of the residents of Vance, Granville and Warren counties have now received at least the first dose of one of the two main vaccines against COVID-19, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reports.

HENDERSON — Local officials have begun trying to figure out whether and how they might add a ready-to-use “shell building” to the third phase of the Henderson-Vance Industrial Park to make it more enticing to companies looking to expand or relocate.

OXFORD — Granville County’s N.C. Senate delegate has joined two of his colleagues in introducing a bill that would legalize the possession and sale of marijuana in North Carolina.

HENDERSON — A shooting on Monday left a man dead and Vance County sheriff’s deputies looking for a male juvenile they consider both “a person of interest” in the case and someone who’s armed and dangerous.

HENDERSON — Jury trials have resumed in Vance County for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Now, court officials just need to find some jurors.

RALEIGH — The gas company that serves Vance, Granville and Franklin counties has asked state regulators to approve a rate increase it says will add about $4 a month to the monthly bill of an average residential customer.

HENDERSON — In a partnership with NCWorks, the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments will host a virtual hiring event featuring Food Lion Distribution on Tuesday morning at 11 a.m..

HENDERSON — Almost 29% of the residents of Vance and Granville counties have received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, along with almost 31% of the residents of Warren County, state officials say.

OXFORD — Oxford’s elected leaders will hold a vote on April 5 to move forward with an initiative to finance the resurfacing of streets within the city.

CREEDMOOR — Granville County Commissioners signaled this week that they’re unlikely to support putting money toward rebuilding G.C. Hawley Middle School, and instead would prefer to see the county school board engage in a further round of school consolidations.

HENDERSON — Libraries in the Tri-County area are moving toward normal operation. But they aren’t quite there yet.

HENDERSON — The annual Spring Litter Sweep will get underway April 10. Vance County residents and businesses are encouraged to use the two-week period between April 10 and April 24 to pick up trash and litter from streets and neighborhoods.

HENDERSON — One of the newest but most impactful members of the Vance County community in Sadie’s Coffee Corner co-owner Stephen Pearson died on Thursday at the age of 57.

HENDERSON — Public school systems in the Tri-County all do better than the state average when it comes to minimize inequities among racial and ethnic groups in the handling of student discipline, but they’re still prone to suspending Black students at higher rates, a civil-rights group said.

HENDERSON — For the third consecutive year, the end of the 2020-21 academic year will see Henderson Collegiate continue the tradition of having every member of its senior class accepted into college.

HENDERSON — The Rotary Club of Henderson has begun taking applications for a trio of $2,500 college scholarships that are available to seniors in any of Vance County’s high schools.

OXFORD — City officials are likely to decide next week whether to borrow more than $1 million so they can piggyback on an upcoming N.C. Department of Transportation paving program so they can get more work done on Oxford’s streets.

OXFORD — Granville County’s school board has voted unanimously to bring students in grades 6 through 12 back to in-person classes at system schools for four days each week.

OXFORD — The Tri-County escaped damage Thursday evening that saw the National Weather Service issue several tornado warnings for the area as a major storm system passed through.