New plans with reduced density are expected to be submitted in early April Developer Macauley Investments withdrew its application for a Special Use Permit from the Cashiers Area Community Planning Council on Feb. 9 for […]
The sun was shining but the field was anything but dry for the Blue Ridge Early College boys soccer team last week when they hosted Swain and ended up with a loss, 7-2. BREC Coach […]
In collaboration with the Jackson County Parks & Recreation Department, Vision Cashiers is developing a clean and safe recreational area for Cashiers and its four-legged friends. Construction is set to begin in the next couple […]
Summit girls basketball team hosted Victory Christian last week and after a slow start, rallied towards the end pulling off a win and continuing their winning streak to 5-0. “The girls played a good game,” said […]
Summit boys basketball team hosted Victory Christian last week and lost heftily, 61-20. But Summit Coach Jeremy Robinson said the boys stayed positive and never gave up. “I love this team,” he said. “Being so young […]
Students enrolled in The Literacy & Learning Center’s afterschool program spent the past couple of weeks creating handmade thank-you cards for volunteers who help made recent vaccination clinics in the community possible. 50 cards were […]
Thanks to the generosity of Lawrence and Genevieve Dimmitt and Dimmitt Chevrolet in Clearwater, Florida, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust (HCLT) has a pick-up truck to call its own. As a nonprofit land-conservation organization that has conserved […]
Tonight is the February Highlands Town Board meeting by way of ZOOM. The access codes are on the town website (or click HERE and use passcode: 359319). The meeting begins at 7 p.m. with public […]
Today, Governor Roy Cooper and Emergency Management Director Mike Sprayberry outlined impacts and response to today’s winter storm, including weather-related delays to vaccine distribution. “Delays in vaccine shipment from the federal government are frustrating to […]
Highlands travelled to Cashiers last week to take on rivals Blue Ridge Early College for the season opener and walked away with the win, 3-2. The Bobcats didn’t go quietly and rallied in the final […]
Blue Ridge Early College girls varsity basketball team hopped a bus to take on Highlands last week for a game that came down to the final minutes, but BREC walked away with the win 42-37. […]
Highlands boys varsity basketball team hosted Blue Ridge Early College last month and won 66-60. Highlands Coach Brett Lamb said the Highlanders played well. “Blue Ridge made it difficult by shooting well from the 3-point […]
There has been a strong community response to the plan to locate the Bear Shadow Concert from Founders Park to Horse Cove. Residents in Horse Cove had legitimate concerns about having a musical concert in […]
NCDHHS announces state timeline to vaccinate Group 3 The Jackson County Department of Public Health (JCDPH) has followed NCDHHS’s guidelines for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines since vaccines became available in late December 2020. Progression […]
Educators, school personnel and childcare workers will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine beginning Feb. 24; North Carolina has administered more than 1 million first doses of vaccine Today Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department […]