Posts by Michael Folks

Camp Accovac in Millboro will hold its first Limitless Day of Fun on August 22nd for special needs adults, offering a slew of camp activities for participants to enjoy at…

https://pinecast.com/listen/803392c8-a125-49db-8bcb-cc0e187a78d4.mp3 The July 27th Highland County Economic Development Authority monthly meeting was pretty routine, but things changed quickly when Board Chair Arron Thaler announced they had reached the public speaking…

A Franklin, WV man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison in the malicious wounding of his weeks-old infant daughter at a Highland County home last February. Dressed in…

A Monterey man charged last year with shooting at his girlfriend as she sat in her SUV will serve months in jail after pleading guilty in the firearms assault. Charles…

Highland County Supervisors have voted to cover a $687,000 schools matching-grant spending shortfall that has haunted them for months. In doing so, the board, in essence, is gambling on proposed…

It didn’t take long for Highland County School Board members to get back to work after electing a new chair and vice-chair during their first monthly meeting of 2026. The…

Highland County officials appear to be warming to creating a new financial director position, but just how that position will be funded is still undecided. The brainchild to create the…

The Highland County Chamber of Commerce has been awarded a $20,000 matching grant to spend on marketing for this year’s Highland County Maple Festival. In a Jan.23rd press release, Chamber…

Highland County School officials are looking for a few good teachers, so they now are offering a one-time $5,000 sign-on bonus to qualified licensed applicants to come on board. During…

Highland County officials are wondering if they can fight the state in court to block a required repayment of more than $887,000 due to a school matching grant spending shortfall.…