Cashiers News

STAFF REPORTS * communitynews@citizen-times.com * published July 1, 2009 10:00 am CASHIERS Telluride Mountain Film Festivals' national tour comes to Western North Carolina for the first time July 10-11. The two evenings will feature food from local restaurants and live music under the stars at Cashiers Village Hillside Park, up the hill behind ...

I went to church in North Carolina last Sunday, and I liked it. Made me feel good because of the humble and modest atmosphere that prevailed.

Eats & Drinks: Mountain Xpresss ' Eats & Drinks guide hit the streets this week, featuring more than 500 local bars and restaurants in one easy-to-use publication.

I often refer to laundry as the Sisyphean stone of parenthood. It's the number one never-ending chore of parenting.

REACH of Jackson County presents Casino Royale, the sixth annual fundraising event will be held June 4th from 6:30 until 10:30pm at the newly renovated Pavilion at the High Hampton Inn in Cashiers, NC.

But Luis Magana is not a typical ninth grader, and neither are his classmates. Although Magana was diagnosed with brain cancer almost four years ago, he continues to attend school on a regular basis but can no longer move around the school on his own.

The Asheville-based American Chestnut Foundation has created a list of local sites that architecturally showcase the American chestnut.

Come spring , heading to the mountains of North Carolina provides a high-elevation getaway from "Flatlanta." The bar is raised even higher when the trip includes a stay at a unique mountain inn.

This week I found myself eating in slightly wilder country than I am usually accustomed to.

'Handcrafted Glass Stemware' and 'Instruments of Appalachian Music' will open at The Bascom for Collective Spirits, set for May 29-30. Cheers! features a gathering of drinking vessels by Wendy Besett, Jeff Crandall, Shane Fero, John Geci, Kenny Pieper, Charles Savoie and other contemporary glass craftsmen.

For nearly a decade, a group of Jackson County residents have envisioned a greenway that would meander for miles from one end of the county to the other.

CASHIERS The High Hampton Inn is hosting a Wildflower Workshop May 17-19. Explore 1,400 acres of spring blooms surrounding the inn along with experts from the N.C. Botanical Gardens.

THIS LINE WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS THROUGH 11 AM...ESPECIALLY FROM ASHEVILLE TO BREVARD TO CASHIERS TO CLAYTON GEORGIA.

A fix for impending traffic congestion on N.C. 107 in Sylva doesn't lie solely with a new bypass but will require a redesign of the commercial artery itself, according to the latest traffic projections by the Department of Transportation.

A Virginia Beach man sits behind bars in North Carolina Saturday after he led police on a seven-hour search in the woods of Gates County.

The Sierra Club's Building Bridges to the Outdoors Project has given an $18,000 grant to Muddy Sneakers, a science-education nonprofit based in Western North Carolina.

Soco Interiors Inc. signed five contracts valued at $2 million. The Winter Park, women-owned firm, will be handling the interior design work for three homes in Winter Park, Lake Nona Golf & Country Club and Sarasota and homes in Columbus, Ohio, and Cashiers, N.C. Soco also donated services to the new Cornerstone Hospice Lane Purcell House in ...

Cullowhee James Hendrix, co-author of 'Green Jobs: A Guide to Eco-friendly Employment,' will speak at 9 a.m. Weds.

Cashiers The Cashiers Historical Society is sponsoring its 2009 Heritage Apple Day on Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Cashiers Community Center.

It'll be playtime for the grown-ups on March 21 when the state's only children's museum turns back the clock and brings out the food for a music-filled retro party night for its supporters.