Highlands Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to the Town’s Emergency Ordinance that mandates everyone wear face coverings on commercial sidewalks and inside businesses at yesterday’s monthly board meeting. The amendment went into effect […]
Food banks in Highlands have had to adjust to the ‘new normal’ that came with life in a pandemic just like virtually everyone else. With the rise in unemployment over the last few months, food […]
Let me again thank those folks who care for the health and safety of their fellow citizens by wearing masks. Research is very clear that wearing masks is a very basic, and effective way of […]
Macon County Public Health was notified on July 7 that a resident and employee at Macon Valley Nursing Home have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings Macon Valley Nursing Home’s outbreak to a total of […]
The Cashiers Area Chamber is partnering with the Highlands-Cashiers Health Foundation to provide valuable Personal Protection Equipment to area small business members in need. Pickup a supply of reusable masks for your employees at Chamber […]
Staying afloat amidst COVID restrictions, has meant thinking outside-the-box for nonprofits across Highlands and Cashiers. Many have offered “virtual” programming which while a nice gesture, hasn’t done anything to bolster the bottom line. At June’s […]
All other Town Hall employees tested and results come back negative On Tuesday, June 23, Highlands Town Manager Josh Ward was informed that an employee working in Town Hall tested positive for COVID-19. Ward immediately […]
The Village Green recently announced that the Friday night summer concert series, Groovin’ On the Green is canceled for the 2020 season due to COVID-19. Since early March, The Village Green has had to make […]
Today is the first day of official racing in the Red White & Blue Ridge Virtual 5K. With most of the Fourth of July races in Western North Carolina cancelled because of COVID-19, Red, White & Blue […]
To protect patients and staff, HCH has been screening all patients and visitors to all their hospitals, and hospital access has been limited to ensure they remain a safe place to work and provide care. […]
Macon County Public Health has identified a COVID-19 outbreak in staff at Macon Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Franklin. Two staff members of Macon Valley Nursing Home have tested positive for COVID-19. Both are […]
Cashiers nonprofit organizations, restaurant owners, and volunteers banded together to deliver weekly dinners to area families who have fallen on hard times since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March. Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC […]
Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen announced yesterday that North Carolina will remain in Safer at Home Phase 2 for three more weeks. Cooper also […]
It was a good weekend for me, and I suspect for many Highlanders. At this beginning of summer, we finally got a break from the cloudy days. I have been visiting the downtown and merchants […]