All other Town Hall employees tested and results come back negative On Tuesday, June 23, Highlands Town Manager Josh Ward was informed that an employee working in Town Hall tested positive for COVID-19. Ward immediately […]
The Village Green recently announced that the Friday night summer concert series, Groovin’ On the Green is canceled for the 2020 season due to COVID-19. Since early March, The Village Green has had to make […]
Today is the first day of official racing in the Red White & Blue Ridge Virtual 5K. With most of the Fourth of July races in Western North Carolina cancelled because of COVID-19, Red, White & Blue […]
To protect patients and staff, HCH has been screening all patients and visitors to all their hospitals, and hospital access has been limited to ensure they remain a safe place to work and provide care. […]
The Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is an area like no other, with an array of unique mountain formations and an extremely biodiverse community of flora and fauna. The landscape offers a variety of habitats from mountain top […]
The International Friendship Center in Highlands welcomes their new Executive Director Taylor Matthew Ashley. Ashley received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management and his MBA from the University of Central Florida, Orlando. He has served in the Peace […]
Blue Ridge chapter of Junior Appalachian Musicians recently announced students of the month for May and June, Radiance Hoagland and Maddox Wilson respectively. Hoagland is the Student of the Month for May. Even though this […]
Macon County Public Health has identified a COVID-19 outbreak in staff at Macon Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Franklin. Two staff members of Macon Valley Nursing Home have tested positive for COVID-19. Both are […]
The Board of Trustees of the Hudson Library presented the Gertrude and Dolly Harbison Award to Highlands’ residents William C. Stiefel, Jr. and Rosemary Clark Stiefel at the Hudson Library’s bi-monthly meeting held on June […]
Highlands has hired former Lieutenant/Detective Andrea Holland as the Town’s next Chief of Police. Holland took the oath to serve the community as Chief at a swearing-in ceremony at the Community Building last Thursday with […]
Cashiers nonprofit organizations, restaurant owners, and volunteers banded together to deliver weekly dinners to area families who have fallen on hard times since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March. Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC […]
The Cashiers Community Pool opened last week giving those in the area with cabin fever a chance to get their swim on. Cashiers/Glenville Rec Park Assistant Director Michael Hopkins said after careful consideration of all […]
Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen announced yesterday that North Carolina will remain in Safer at Home Phase 2 for three more weeks. Cooper also […]
It was a good weekend for me, and I suspect for many Highlanders. At this beginning of summer, we finally got a break from the cloudy days. I have been visiting the downtown and merchants […]
The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation has partnered with the United Way to become a Distribution Partner to deliver over 5,000 essential-face coverings to area nonprofits and grassroots organizations. “One of our main goals this year […]