Last November, Highlands hosted its annual Food and Wine Festival. Staged at multiple venues throughout Highlands over the course of four days, the festival celebrates the culture and unique […]
Introducing the Laurel Social Butterfly Media Team! The Laurel Magazine’s new social media marketing team is passionate about elevating results – with our clients, within our four walls, and with […]
It’s no secret that The Laurel has been Western Carolina’s visitors’ and residents’ go-to information source for almost two decades. In the spirit of staying on top of the latest […]
Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Southwestern Community College have joined ranks for an open Business Education Series. Whether your business is merely a plan on paper or a highly successful […]
2018 was another busy year for the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce, representing more than 425 businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals across the Plateau. The business league’s core purpose […]
While you were reading our story in the Winter Issue of Laurel about our magnificent horse, Battersea Tracy, who had two hoof surgeries performed by Dr. Ric Redden of Versailles, […]
Horrific. Cruel. Inhumane. Those words do not even begin to describe the conditions we discovered this past January when the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society Animal Rescue Team was deployed to a […]
Streams, trails, forests, farms, wetlands, and rare mountaintop habitats come together in a perfect storm to make the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau a unique landscape. While this area is revered for its […]
When the rainy weather keeps you inside, there’s nothing better to do than to curl up on the couch with a good book. Western North Carolina is home to some […]
The Village Green is Cashiers’ community treasure, with its expansive green areas and gardens, numerous sculptures, woodland and wetland trails, an extensive children’s playground and frequent public music and other […]
