Mission and Highlands-Cashiers Hospital work hard to make their quality health services more accessible to residents of Western North Carolina. Their latest contribution: expanding monthly colorectal screenings. General […]
They don’t tell you this in college, but the best teachers are those who learn as a child how to put one over on an adult. You can’t out-rascal an accomplished […]
In the ol’ South when someone did a thing exceptionally well, folks would say, “Well, you just went to town on that.” That’s exactly what Stephanie Durham did. She went […]
When life hurls lemons at Marsha Lessard, she doesn’t make lemonade…she turns those sour episodes into a slice of fried gold! After 21 years at a corporate job, she was […]
Highlands’ own Mike Carrier and Jeremy Dooley started a weekly show called “Mike & Dooley in the Morning” on Facebook Live a few months ago. It’s so spontaneously random […]
Dawn McGiboney is all about light, from her given name, Dawn, to the radiance her work beams on the world, literally and figuratively, to her sunny disposition, in itself a […]
Huzzah! After a three-year push the Highlands Community Fund finally reached its $1.5 million target. A round of applause goes to all the generous donors in the region who helped […]
For over two decades Bobbo (my ex and best buddy), our kids, and I have reviewed the year with our personalized New Year’s Questionnaire. Bobbo invented this ritual when […]
There’s something magical about the Plateau. It beckons the very best. Dana Wadsworth, MD, heard that call 15 years ago when she bought a cabin in Highlands. A decade-and-a-half later […]
When the 19th century turned 20, horseback riding was a favorite pastime in Highlands. Potts Livery Stable had a thriving business. By 1920, when cars were introduced to Highlands, speed […]
