Health Fair returns to SCC on Friday!
October 4, 2022
SYLVA – For the first time in three years, Southwestern Community College will hold a Health Fair from 9 a.m.-noon on Friday, Oct. 7, in...
Highlands Chamber recognizes uutstanding community contributors
September 29, 2022
HIGHLANDS, N.C. – The Highlands Chamber of Commerce last night honored an individual, a group of volunteers and a local business with distinguished awards during...
Annual Wildlife Oral Rabies Vaccination Program begins next week, helps protect North Carolinians and their pets
September 28, 2022
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help prevent the spread of rabies....
Swain, Macon, and Jackson counties get state grant money for land conservation projects
September 27, 2022
The North Carolina Land and Water Fund awarded grants this week totaling $70.3 million, providing funds for 117 projects that will protect North Carolina’s land...
Public Surveys will begin on the Croatan, Uwharrie, Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests on October 1, 2022
September 23, 2022
Asheville, NC September 28, 2022 – The National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) surveys, which take place every five years, will be conducted on the National...

Posts tagged as “volunteer”

First-ever “Highlands Volunteer Fair” takes place next week

First-ever “Highlands Volunteer Fair” takes place next week

By Brittney Lofthouse on May 10, 2022

At least 18 organizations will be on hand to connect with potential volunteers. HIGHLANDS, N.C. – Are you looking to get involved with a Highlands…

Sylva Police Lieutenant receives FBI Award
Sylva Police Lieutenant receives FBI Award
October 4, 2022
As part of the Sylva Police Department’s goal to further the department’s education and training, Lieutenant Bruce Moore recently earned the FBI Law Enforcement Executive...
Council recognizes outstanding employees; approves MOU for Greenway extension
Council recognizes outstanding employees; approves MOU for Greenway extension
October 4, 2022
By Kristin Fox As what was described as “an amazingly short but monumental agenda with a lot of good work” by Town Council Member David...
Highlands Food & Wine Festival finalizing last few details for November event; Old Crow Medicine Show to headline 2022 festival
Highlands Food & Wine Festival finalizing last few details for November event; Old Crow Medicine Show to headline 2022 festival
October 3, 2022
Young and old, near and far, the Highlands Food & Wine Festival has grown into a premier event for all things food, wine, and music....
No Wrong Door provides services locally to combat NC’s 40% increase in overdose deaths
No Wrong Door provides services locally to combat NC’s 40% increase in overdose deaths
September 29, 2022
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, an average of nine North Carolinians died each day from a drug overdose in...
Local woman shares personal story in honor of National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
Local woman shares personal story in honor of National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
September 29, 2022
By Kristin Fox September is National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month sponsored by the Brain Aneurysm Foundation to help educate people about the seriousness of cerebral...