Are you ready for an afternoon thrill? If you like your hands behind the wheel and want to take an engine to its limits with no fear of blue lights in the rear-view mirror? Make your way to the BMW Performance Center in Spartanburg, South [...]
CHHS announces our first-ever PAWS-A-THON Pledge Drive for the Shelter Pets!This four-hour "telethon" takes place onSunday, December 29th from noon-4pm. We will be taking pledge donations over the phone by our volunteers and staff at the offices of our sponsor and host, Silver Creek Real Estate Group. Silver Creek is a great friend to the [...]
The Highlands Plateau offers abundant inspiration to local inhabitants, visitors, and artists of the area. The Bascom is pleased to announce the work of Kenn Kotara, of Asheville, NC, in this year's In These Mountains. His exhibition, This is My History, includes works that are contemporary, abstract, and [...]
The Village Green has postponed the Fireworks Extravaganza due to weather and standing water on the lawn at the Village Green Commons. The event will be rescheduled for later in the season. You can visit the Village Green's website for updates at www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.
The crown jewel of the Glenville community at 3,942 feet above sea level Lake Glenville is the highest lake east of the Mississippi. With a surface area of over 1,400 acres and 26 miles of shoreline, Lake Glenville draws visitors from all over the Southeast to its pristine waters and glorious scenery. The high [...]
Originating as primarily a mining town, Sapphire, North Carolina is a "jewel" of a find along the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau. Perhaps best known for its most popular destination, Wyndham Resort at Fairfield's Sapphire Valley, Sapphire offers an abundance of amenities and activities. The resort has partnered [...]
Cashiers, North Carolina is one of the Southeast's premier resort destinations. Widely known for its amazing atmosphere, unique culture, upscale shopping and world-class dining, the historic village of Cashiers has been a haven for vacationing families for well over a century. Drawn to the natural [...]
While the leaves may have left the trees and the majority of seasonal visitors may have drifted away with them, locals and die-hard fans of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau find a sense of peace and childlike wonder in this very special and truly magical time of year. As we bustle about checking items off of our holiday shopping lists, darting [...]
Once those beautiful orange, red and gold leaves have left the trees and Halloween is a distant memory marked by a trail of empty candy wrappers, thoughts begin turning to the holidays ahead. Up here in the mountains of Western North Carolina, a steady stream of cars will wind up the narrow steep streets in search of a relaxing weekend to [...]
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. ~ John Burroughs, American Writer and Naturalist (1837-1921)
With Autumns arrival comes a great transformation to the mountains and valleys of Western North Carolina. Theres a stirring in the air, creating an undeniable sense of excitement. Colors seem more [...]
With college football already in full-swing, the fall equinox just within reach on September 23, and cool crisp breezes giving the first hints that a change is in the air, the team at Silver Creek Real Estate Group is getting excited about the inevitable arrival of sweater weather. With sweater weather comes a steady stream of visitors to [...]
As the summer days become shorter and the fireflies take to the night sky for a few final light shows before the cold arrives, a quiet hush falls over the mountain. With the kids back in school, fewer families visit during the week making way for a bevy of romantic mountain escapes for couples. The occasional nighttime chill in the air [...]
The natural beauty and clean, crisp mountain air that have become tantamount among devotees of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau have also served as inspiration for a revolving door of artists and musicians who find inspiration in a sunset over the ridge or fulfillment in the sound of their music being carried on a mountain breeze. While many [...]
While the official start of summer falls during the Summer Solstice on June 21, for many of us summer is already in full-swing. The temperatures are warmer, seasonal neighbors and visitors have returned, and the Farmers Market at the [...]
After just two outstanding seasons at Lonesome Valleys Canyon Kitchen in Western North Carolina, locally celebrated chef, John Fleer has garnered the attention of the [...]
Not unlike the stuff of dreams, the month of May in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina is filled with a seemingly endless rolling sea of color as wildflowers blanket the valley floor under a canopy of towering green trees and blue skies adorned with fluffy white clouds. The fragrance of newly blooming Dogwoods and Mountain [...]
With the arrival of April comes the return of our much-anticipated seasonal friends to the mountains of Western North Carolina the daffodils, tulips, trillium, dogwoods, azaleas, and so much more. The early spring breezes carry the heavenly floral fragrance as they stir the surface on our lovely mountain lakes and streams, giving the sense [...]
Love is in the air and its contagious! Each year, a whole new round of couples and families discover our special little corner of the world on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau and fall in love. Some feel a kinship to the people and places along the region that calls them back year-after-year, others are struck by a deep-seated passion that [...]
With more than 60 structures in and around Highlands listed on the National Register of Historic Places, its easy to see that this is a place as rich in history as it is in [...]
