Cashiers NC

The loggerhead shrike, known as the “butcher bird,” stores prey on thorns and barbed wire for later meals. Its population has declined, but habitat protection could help the species recover.

Goblins on the Green returns to The Village Green on October 30 with trick-or-treating and family-friendly Halloween fun.

Highlands and Cashiers libraries offer a month of crafts, author visits, games, and family-friendly activities. Special events and weekly gatherings provide plenty of reasons to stop by and join the fun.

Appalachian traditions are alive and well at the Highlands and Cashiers farmers markets, where artisans like Rebecca Queen join local growers
for the season’s final markets.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Brian Goldstone will headline Pisgah Legal Services’ Justice Forum on October 22, exploring housing insecurity and affordability in Western North Carolina.

On October 21, National Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day celebrates the connections that help local businesses and communities thrive.

Browse more than 100 artisans, enjoy live music and take in the brilliant fall color at the Cashiers Valley Leaf Festival, October 9-11.

Chef Sandra Stefani brings Tuscan tradition to clients’ homes with custom Italian dinners and hands‑on cooking classes shaped by decades of culinary experience.

Haley Deetz recognized what Highlands was missing: a space where lingerie shopping transforms from awkward necessity to empowering celebration. Her fifth-generation entrepreneurial instincts led to something unprecedented – Haley’s Fine Lingerie, a boutique where every woman’s size and shape finds not just accommodation but genuine reverence.