Cashiers News

Aptcon, a Cashiers based specialized provider of construction management and construction services, added a new member to its executive team in November - Vice President, Claire Cox.

Every year at Christmas time, I am enthralled by the choices of "The Person of the Year." Time Magazine tells us it is Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve genius who may have kept us from bankruptcy.

Splendid! This party was as close to perfect as it gets. In fact, you could just duplicate it next year and people would still rave.

Yancey County public schools are operating on a two-hour delay this morning because of ice on some roads.

Asheville School senior Rebecca McKee, of Cashiers, was recently named a semifinalist for the prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship, awarded by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This fifth regional inductee is Cashiers' own Tom Willson. Willson, 79, will join fellow inductee Tom Morris of Blount's Creek at the next commemoration event on Jan.

Rain has begun changing over to snow in parts of western North Carolina. National Weather Service meteorologist Blair Holloway told the Citizen-Times of Asheville light snow began falling Saturday morning from Franklin and Cashiers north toward Asheville.

Let me tell you about our mountain neighborhood. A handful of us gather together on top of a remote mountain near Cashiers, N.C., to spend our summers.

He met Mandy Hullander, only daughter of Bill and Linda Hullander, of Chattanooga, while at Jackson Hole.

"We've had a wonderful experience, we have had wonderful success, and the results are really paying off." - Ken Shull, President & CEO of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital IRVING, TX, November 11, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital of Highlands, South Carolina is a modern facility vital to the ...

Western North Carolina has so embraced mountain vernacular architecture that local planning boards across the area are prodding developers into adopting the style.

Ruminations from the Distant Hills writes: Back in 1836, a major railroad line extending from Charleston, South Carolina to Cincinnati, Ohio passed right through Cashiers and Cullowhee, North Carolina.

The fate of an unfinished Clarion Inn in Sylva is up in the air after a bank foreclosed on the property earlier this month.

CenterStage! performing arts series will present the dynamic chamber music ensemble, Vega String Quartet, at Robert E. Lee High School on Saturday.

Police say an Ohio woman being driven around in a limousine announced at a coat store she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases but ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.

I f ever there was a home that perfectly harmonizes with its setting, our 2009 Best New Cottage, affectionately known as Cow Rock Cottage, is it.

There will be music, home & boat tours, artists and a grand finale concert featuring B.J. Thomas! Brought to you by: The Greater Cashiers Area Merchant Association, The Coca-Cola Company, and The Laurel Magazine WHEN October 8-10, 2009 WHERE The Village Green is located in the heart of Cashiers at the intersections of Hwy 64 and Hwy 107..west of ...

After years of fruitlessly demanding fire protection from a local volunteer fire department, homeowners on Buck Knob Island in the middle of Lake Glenville are finally inching toward their goal.

Community colleges will no longer turn away potential students living in the United States illegally after a decision Friday that was welcomed by officials at local colleges.

Published: Monday, September 14, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 14, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. Gene and Cathy Wilkie of Mountain Home just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August15,2009 in Cashiers, NC with their family.