Highlands wins against BREC on the road
Highlands girls varsity soccer team took on Blue Ridge Early College on April 14 and won 6-0. BREC Coach Nick Pressler said the Lady Bobcats played timid against Highlands and a lack of practice time […]
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Highlands Biological Foundation’s new virtual series: Climate Conversations
In just a few weeks, the Highlands Biological Foundation will host a brand-new spring lecture series titled Climate Conversations! This series will showcase three field research projects here in the southern Appalachians while highlighting how […]
Village Nature Series: Hope for Hemlocks
The Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is one of the few remaining areas with intact old growth hemlock forest. The Southern Appalachians are home to two species of hemlocks, the eastern or Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and the Carolina […]
Bear Shadow festival helps bring live music back to the mountains
Since the pandemic began over a year ago, there has not been a large-scale music festival like that of Bear Shadow held last weekend at Winfield Farm in Scaly Mountain N.C. Pictured below is an […]
NC ‘Litter Sweep’ collects over 4MM pounds of garbage; Plateau helps
As part of its litter removal efforts, including the ongoing Litter Sweep, N.C. Department Transportation crews, contractors and volunteers have now collected more than 4 million pounds of litter from roadsides since Jan 1, 2021. […]
Highlands Police Department cautions public about social media scams
Investigators at the Highlands Police Department have been made aware of several fake social media accounts which have been created, claiming to be members of the Highlands Community. In some of these cases, an account is created using the name and […]
HCH CEO Tom Neal urges community to get vaccinated
Neal said one step people can take to reverse the toll of COVID-19 on the Plateau is get vaccinated From a public health perspective, there is no more important step that the residents of the […]
Stroll through the new StoryWalk at The Village Green
The Village Green is now the home of a recently installed StoryWalk, which entails pages of children’s books displayed on standards throughout the park. There are 18 standards installed and currently on display are “Coming […]
HCHF announces two new physicians at Blue Ridge Health
After more than eight months of searching for “just the right fit,” the Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation and Blue Ridge Health are pleased to welcome two new primary care physicians to the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau – […]
High school golfers take on Connestee Falls
Golfers from Highlands School and Blue Ridge Early College traveled to Brevard to play 9 holes at Connestee Falls Golf Club for the first match of the season on March 22. After tallying teams’ scores, […]