Breast Cancer Awareness starts with getting your annual screening
October 25, 2021
October is nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so during this month – and always – medical professionals want to remind women how important...
Angel Medical Center & Highlands-Cashiers Hospital offering Medicine take-back events this weekend
October 21, 2021
ASHEVILLE – OCT. 14, 2021 - Mission Health is committed to our communities and to improving more lives in more ways. That’s why on Saturday,...
Franklin resident endows “Pay it forward” scholarship, sets up legacy gift at SCC
October 20, 2021
SYLVA – For five years, Franklin resident Nancy Bergenstock had been looking for a way to make a legacy gift. She talked to an attorney...
Select Bank & Trust will become First Bank by March 2022
October 18, 2021
What was once Macon County’s largest hometown bank — and one of the first of its kind — has gone through yet another acquisition. First...
Macon County resident Jada Bryson to talk about Harriet Tubman at free children’s event on Friday in Sylva’s Bridge Park
October 18, 2021
SYLVA, NC, Oct. 17, 2021 – Macon County NC native Jada Bryson will talk to elementary school groups about the life of Harriet Tubman on...

Posts tagged as “veterans”

North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars joins Care4Carolina Coalition

North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars joins Care4Carolina Coalition

By Brittney Lofthouse on August 26, 2021

NC Chapter of the Nation’s Largest Veterans Group Supports Closing the Coverage Gap for State’s Uninsured Including 30,000 Veterans (Raleigh, NC) – August 24, 2021 –…

Two seeking election for Highlands Mayor
Two seeking election for Highlands Mayor
October 21, 2021
Early-voting for the majority of municipal elections in North Carolina opened last week and will continue to run until October 30, with Election Day scheduled...
Mission Health donates trauma kits to Macon County Schools
Mission Health donates trauma kits to Macon County Schools
October 20, 2021
Franklin, NC (October 20, 2021) – Mission Health has made a significant donation to provide preparedness for area schools by giving 180 Stop the Bleed...
Franklin resident endows “Pay it forward” scholarship, sets up legacy gift at SCC
Franklin resident endows “Pay it forward” scholarship, sets up legacy gift at SCC
October 20, 2021
SYLVA – For five years, Franklin resident Nancy Bergenstock had been looking for a way to make a legacy gift. She talked to an attorney...
SCC lands two more Top 10 national rankings
SCC lands two more Top 10 national rankings
October 18, 2021
SYLVA – For the first time, Southwestern Community College has been ranked among the Top 10 community colleges in the nation by two different ranking...
The Giving Spoon is back with Blue Plate Special Fundraiser
The Giving Spoon is back with Blue Plate Special Fundraiser
October 17, 2021
Written by Katie Smith In 2018, Kathleen Burns left a career in mental health to find a way to serve her home community in Swain...