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How to Succeed at Failure

Donna’s uncovered one of the Universal Truths about Last Year and, we suspect, the years going forward.

Living With Arthritis

Living with arthritis is a lot easier with sensible choices and wise counsel.

Recipe for Love

Across distances and over the years, a subtle spark between Steve Palmer and Shelby Hightower was kindled into an enduring flame. A sweet girl named Madison helped.


Beacon of Learning | Highlands Community Child Development Center

Even while having to endure the Covid-crisis, Highlands Community Child Development Center remains central to the lives of the children of parents working in Highlands. To learn more, visit highlandscommunitychildcare.org.

Horse Cove History

Life in Horse Cove was punctuated with dramas both grand and minute. Helen Hill Norris chronicled everything.

Celebrating Our Founders | Cashiers Historical Society

It’s a pull-out-the-stops homecoming for local students when the Cashiers Historical Society stages its Founder’s Day Celebration on Thursday, September 23. For more information, visit cashiershistoricalsociety.org.


The Mountain Moguls | Highlands NC History

A trio of innovators made their way to Highlands and enriched the Plateau.

Crossing Into Cashiers NC

For a young Jane Nardy, Cashiers was a magical destination, but getting there was an exciting adventure in itself.

Restoring our Mountains | Southern Highlands Reserve

Southern Highlands Reserve in Toxaway is restoring red spruce-fir forests – and the impossibly cute Carolina Northern Flying Squirrels – to the mountains.


Look To The Stars | Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute

Though it fostered a host of mysteries during its earlier incarnations, today the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute is dedicated to helping the public explore the mysteries of deep space. To learn more, visit pari.edu.

Yosemite of the East

Panthertown Valley is a carefully preserved example of the Wild Places that once carpeted Western North Carolina.

No Kitten, I Saw a Panther

Though they’re supposed to have vanished from the area in the 1920s, the ghostly presence of panthers remains a tantalizing mystery slinking through the Wild Places.