Stations placed in area restaurants and high-traffic locations As part of its COVID-19 response, the Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation has funded an initiative to purchase and deliver 200 hand-sanitizing stations to area independent restaurants for […]
The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation (HCHF) is sponsoring two pilot COVID-19 testing initiatives on the Plateau. The format will be drive-through, pre-scheduled appointments on the following dates: June 6, in Cashiers; and June 13, in […]
Emergency Responders throughout the southeast paid homage to Eldon Jamison at his funeral on Saturday. Eldon lost his life last week while on a recovery operation at Whitewater Falls. He was a 40-plus year member […]
Brushy Face was already a 1.5-mile trail network popular for it’s birding, but Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust staff and volunteers finished off a .5-mile extension last week and is now open to the public. HCLT Stewardship […]
Staff at Blue Ridge School was given a special surprise from the Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley on Monday when Rotarians John Barrow and Carl Hyde presented $100 gift cards to the essential staff involved […]
The Plateau was hit by a storm on Sunday evening with high winds and damaging lightning that knocked down trees and power lines throughout the area leaving thousands in the dark. State, county, and local […]
Inspired by current nationwide efforts to keep artists and servers fed, Jackson County Tourism and Development Authority is copying a model being used by many other cities throughout the country. JCTDA is compiling a list […]
Highlands-Cashiers Hospital staff said they are prepared for an escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We go through preparatory exercises practicing what we’re going to do at various levels,” said HCH Medical Director Dr. James Wright, […]
All Fontana Regional Library locations in Macon, Jackson, and Swain Counties, including Hudson Library in Highlands and Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library in Cashiers, will be closed to the public beginning Tuesday, March 17-31, although phone […]
Just off Highway 107 lies an epic oasis with an incredible waterfall and swimming hole approx. 4 miles south of Cashiers. The quarter-mile hike to Silver Run Falls is level, easy-breazy, and is all-age friendly. […]
This winter, fewer of our Cashiers neighbors will face the cold unprepared. And it’s thanks entirely to the generosity of the greater Cashiers community. Pictured at the top of the article: Cashiers Rotary drops off […]
Representatives from Gibbons Advisors – the Independent Monitor of the HCA/Mission Health System – got an earful last week at public meetings in Cashiers, Highlands and Franklin. Citizens irate about decreasing or lack of services […]
Several teams battled it out on the court at the Cashiers-Glenville Recreation Center on Saturday through the Jackson County Youth Basketball Program. Game Results 6-8 Girls: Fire 4 vs Force 12 9-10 Boys: Bulldogs 12 […]
The Cashiers Recreation Center was packed on Wednesday night with standing room only and a crowd of over 70 people who came to hear directly from all five Democratic candidates running for the NC 11 […]