Cashiers resident, Melanie Jones, has received a Governor’s Volunteer Service Award—the highest designation of appreciation for distinguished volunteer service to the people and the state of North Carolina. Unaware that she had been nominated by a […]
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cashiers and Highlands recently held its annual Croquet Tournament of the Plateau at Sapphire Valley Country Club to raise money for programs at BBBS, but it wasn’t only the ‘Bigs’ […]
3D mammography (tomosynthesis), available at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, is a tool that helps find more cancers and find those cancers earlier. With traditional mammography, the image is flat. During a 3D mammogram, multiple images are obtained […]
Pat Rowe, a long-time resident of Cashiers, told the rector of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Rob Wood, that all she wanted for her 93rd birthday was to thank the many people who had […]
Vision Cashiers, a not-for-profit organization led by volunteers and devoted to improving the Cashiers community, recently welcomed Jackson County Commissioner Mark Jones to the new Cashiers Dog Park. Paul Robshaw, co-founder and a director of […]
The first book of the StoryWalk, Cashiers, Come Play With Me!, will soon be installed in the Village Green along the Cashiers Greenway Ramble. Vision Cashiers, The Village Green, The Albert-Carlton-Cashiers Library, and the Literary […]
This may sound like the beginning of an awesome children’s story, but it’s something the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust does on a regular basis, collaborate with developers to achieve conservation goals. The Divided-leaf ragwort, or Packera […]
Here on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau and in the surrounding Southern Appalachians, people are lucky to be amongst an incredible diversity of plants. As spring has progressed with wildflowers popping up and a leafy canopy emerging […]
From Highlands to Cashiers, businesses, organizations, and community members are planting to help in the fight against food insecurity. “Food insecurity affects our children’s ability to learn, how they feel, and it also adds stress […]
All Fontana Regional Library locations in Macon, Jackson, and Swain Counties are now open for walk-in browsing without an appointment. This includes the Hudson Library in Highlands and the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library. Because of high […]
By Highlands-Cashiers Hospital CEO Tom Neal We owe all frontline healthcare workers a huge debt of gratitude for their selfless devotion to their patients, willingness to risk contracting the COVID-19 virus themselves or bringing it […]
The Cashiers Quilters recently held their first formal business meeting since September 2019 and voted to revive its annual quilt show in conjunction with the 2021 Fall Leaf Festival. The quilt show was postponed in […]
Many students, especially those with learning disabilities, may find it challenging to maintain the information they have learned throughout the school year. This means that teachers must backtrack to re-cover material that was learned and […]
Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation (HCHF) and Dogwood Health Trust have joined forces in support of expanding primary care services on the Plateau through establishment of Blue Ridge Health – Highlands Cashiers, a new health center […]