Presenting awards to 25 groups totaling $1,267,260 to area organizations The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation (The Foundation) hosted its inaugural grant awards ceremony at Wildcat Cliffs on Oct. 9, presenting awards to 25 organizations totaling […]
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Board of Directors held their quarterly meeting on October 12 and approved the conservation of three new properties. These places will buffer other conserved lands in Cashiers and Highlands, help to protect the Town […]
Students lined the courtyard cheering as donors took their seats at the grand opening of Summit Charter High School and the Summit Center on Sept. 26. Several founding families were present at the event, including […]
Students from Blue Ridge and Summit Charter schools, and several homeschoolers descended upon the Cashiers Historical Society on Sept. 26 for Founders Day. The annual event held on the six-acre CHS campus had nine educational […]
Blue Ridge Early College varsity soccer team took on Hayesville at home on Monday and pulled off the win 2-1. Things were physical out on the field and tempers were getting heated. BREC Goalie Carsen […]
There was an open house at The Village Green last week giving the public one more look inside the expansion of the Commons area before construction work is complete. Renovations include a new-events building and […]
Hike to Satulah Preserve from 10-2 p.m. on Sept. 27, followed by the Chili Cook-Off on Sept. 28 from 1-4 p.m. On September 30, 1909, the organization that eventually evolved into Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust (HCLT) […]
September 20 September 23 Nature Center Camp: From September 23-27, the Highlands Nature Center will be celebrating “Take a Child Outside!” week by hosting an after-school nature camp. Children in Kindergarten through 5th grade are […]
Staff at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Meadows Mountain Realty have a close connection to both Highlands and Summit Charter Schools and took it upon themselves to donate $100 to each classroom at both schools to offset […]
Highlands Middle Schoolgirls volleyball team hosted Summit Charter School and held their ground on their home turf winning 3-0. Highlands established significant leads from the beginning of each set and proved to be a challenge […]
North Norton Road in Cashiers has been closed since Wednesday afternoon because of a deteriorated pipe underneath the street near Cascade Falls Trail. North Carolina Department of Transportation’s County Maintenance Engineer, Travis Williamson, said the […]
After a lot of back and forth between NC Highway Patrol and the NC Department of Transportation, it looks like there is some real movement to curtail if not eliminate tractor-trailers on the Gorge Road. […]
Blue Ridge School was the first in Jackson County to receive Stop the Bleed kits installed in every classroom through a grant from Great Smokies Health Foundation. On Aug. 6, members of the Glenville-Cashiers Rescue […]
The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation (The Foundation) is pleased to announce that grants totaling $1,287,260 have been awarded to area non-profits and organizations. Planning for this first grant cycle began soon after the Foundation was established on February […]