Posts Tagged ‘HIGHLAND’
Highland School Board Revisits School Closure Option
The Highland County School Board called a special meeting to gather opinions from the public, faculty, staff and school administration as to whether the school should close for a week to allow sick students to recover and mitigate the spread of germs.
Read MoreLearning from Experience at Allegheny Mountain School
The Allegheny Mountain School program began in the summer of 2011. Three years later, the program continues to evolve to meet the needs of its fellows and the communities they serve.
Read MoreSenator Warner Visits Highland Center
Sunday July 27 from 1-3pm
Read MoreMonterey fiber artist Lisa Jacenich talks about how she came to love felting
Fiber artist and teacher Lisa Jacenich and her husband Jim came to Highland County several years ago to enjoy the rural environment and develop their artistic skills.
Read MoreHighland Tourism Committee looks for town council approval for lodging tax
Highland County Tourism Subcommittee chairperson Donna Bedwell brought her committee’s message to the Monterey Town Council at its meeting last week.
Read MoreHighland EDA hosts regional finance guru
At its January meeting the Highland Economic Development Authority hosted Marten Jenkins, President and CEO of the Natural Capital Investment Fund, a national, non-profit environmental organization that does land and water conservation work
Read MoreSeveral programs offered for Highland seniors
Starting this month, Highland County’s senior citizens have several classes and events to choose from each week. Kathy Solomon, Director of Second Wind Community Programs for the Valley Program for Aging Services talks about the new senior programs.
Read MoreHighland County School Board elects officers
When the Board’s attention turned to paying the bills, there was some concern about the budget and Superintendent Crawford had some comments.
Read MoreHighland committee proposes lodging tax
Donna Bedwell took over as chairperson of the Highland Economic Development Authority’s Tourism Subcommittee just a few months ago. At the December EDA meeting the committee presented parts of a draft of the Tourism Strategic Plan. Ms. Bedwell talks about one of the main points of the plan – the lodging tax.
Read MoreHighland Supervisors elect new chairman
The Highland County Board of Supervisors has a new chairman to start the year. At their meeting last week, Lee Blagg was elected chairman and Kevin Wagner was elected vice-chairman.
Read MoreHighland tourism plan ready for review
After more than two years of work, the Tourism Subcommittee of the Highland Economic Development Authority is nearly ready to present a Tourism Strategic Plan to the EDA and the Board of Supervisors.
Read MoreHighland School Board plans school heating upgrades
The Highland County School Board is looking to upgrade the heating system controls and make other improvements at the school building.
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