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Keep up with the Fall Foliage reports in Virginia and West Virginia for the best time to view prime color this fall

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 its July 10th monthly meeting, the Highland County School board voted 3 to 0 to offer the bonus, which requires…

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. The issue of legal action arose during a July 1st Highland County Board of Supervisors meeting after County School Board…

Forty days after Highland County school officials suddenly learned their superintendent was resigning, school board members have found a successor. On Aug. 4th, the three-member Highland County School Board voted unanimously to hire Dr. James “Nick” Nycum, the Executive Director of Transportation for Augusta County Schools. Board Chairman Jason Wilfong…

Virginia’s tourism industry generated a record high $35.1 billion in visitor spending in 2024, marking a 5.4 percent increase over the previous year, state officials report. Gov. Glenn Younkin and officials with the Virginia Tourism Corporation, or the VTC, touted the Commonwealth’s good news in an Aug. 5th joint press…

The members indicated that they will approach the County Commission to pay for it,

“Sometimes just talking and getting the thoughts out -verbalizing thoughts and putting them into words- can be very beneficial helping solve problems.”

Initially hired for two consecutive 6-month probationary periods at a salary of $50,000 per year with full benefits.