Flu season is upon us and a donation from the Mountaintop Rotary Club will help the Highlands Community Care Clinic to fund flu vaccines and offer free shots to those with no insurance coverage. The […]
I’ve had a bird problem. It started last summer when I went to fire my large gas kiln. After loading the kiln, I turned to access a small shed where I keep some 75 firebricks […]
A Macon County resident diagnosed with COVID-19 has died, reported Macon County Public Health on Aug. 11. The person was over the age of 65 and had underlying health conditions. To protect the family´s privacy, […]
The annual Highlands tradition of Zahner Conservation Lectures continues next week in a new digital format. Join the Highlands Biological Station’s Associate Director, Jason Love, next Thursday, August 20 at 6 p.m. on Zoom as […]
Macon County Emergency Management and Macon County Public Health will be hosting a COVID-19 testing clinic for the community in Franklin today. The clinic will be held at Macon Middle School from 8 to 11 […]
Highlands School held an outdoor graduation ceremony on Saturday celebrating the Class of 2020 after a chaotic year cut short due to COVID-19. Graduates and their families were spread out on the end of the […]
Governor Roy Cooper announced yesterday that North Carolina will remain paused in Safer At Home Phase 2 for another 5 weeks as students and staff return to schools, colleges and universities and the state doubles […]
I attended the Transportation Advisory Committee of the Southwestern Commission last Thursday by way of ZOOM. As always, NCDOT Division 14 staff were present, along with county and municipal elected officials. In a previous article […]
Ladies from the Mountain Garden Club developed and maintain a garden behind the Eckerd Living Center on the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital campus much to the delight of ELC residents. MGC Members were able to visit the […]
Students and staff at Cashiers Valley Preschool cheered at a drive-by parade earlier this month in honor of all the “Community Helpers,” including the people and organizations that make this area such a wonderful community […]