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 […]
Governor Roy Cooper announced today that North Carolina K-12 public schools will continue remote learning through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Governor Cooper was joined by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark […]
Editor’s Note: I cannot imagine having my senior year of high school cancelled like seniors throughout the Plateau have been forced to accept this year because of COVID-19. Over the next week or so, Plateau […]
At last Thursday’s Zoom Town Board meeting and again Tuesday morning, Mayor Pat Taylor stressed the need to work collaboratively on a gradual opening of town businesses, properties and public places. During a webinar Tuesday […]
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper ordered public schools closed on March 15, and since then cafeteria crews have been busy whipping up hundreds of meals a day for children to be delivered along bus routes […]
Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad brought a victim to be airlifted from Blue Ridge School to Mission Hospital in Asheville after falling from a construction site in Glenville on Monday afternoon. GCRS responded to call at […]
Over a dozen up-and-coming Kindergartners visited Highlands School on Wednesday and were given a tour by Principal Brian Jetter to check out their future classrooms and meet their teachers. Kindergarten Teacher Bonnylin Covey students are […]
Yesterday evening Governor Roy Cooper ordered all K-12 public schools in North Carolina to close for a minimum of two weeks in response to COVID-19. The Executive Order also bans gatherings of more than 100 […]
Highlands School students K-5th-grade dined on Cat-in-the-Hat themed ice-cream cones on Friday in celebration of achieving their literacy goals set earlier in the year as part of the Accelerated Readers (AR) program. Students in AR […]
Summit Charter High School girls basketball team took on Next Charter on the road in Summit’s inaugural high school girls game that turned into an epic battle on the court with the Lady Bears winning […]
Highlands School hosted its first alumni-basketball game in 10 years on Saturday with dozens of former students representing their class by battling it out on the court. Teams Blue and Gold were neck and neck […]
Smokey Bear stopped by Highlands School on Wednesday to chat with some pretty psyched first graders about how they can help prevent wildfires. Smokey was accompanied by Nantahala National Forest Service Firefighters Adam Henry and […]
Highlands School 5th-graders held a special flag-raising ceremony in conjunction with Highlands American Legion Post 370 on Friday morning in honor of Veterans Day, which is today. Legion Commander Ed McCloskey spoke to students and […]
Highlands High School cross country team ended their season in Cherokee on Wednesday and Highlands Coach Brett Lamb said all six runners showed vast improvement and set new personal records. Only having six runners, Highlands […]