• Social 21 May 2010

    Selecting, storing, and using fresh herbs

    Cooking with herbs can add interesting flavors to foods, especially when salt, sugar, and fat are reduced in a recipe.  They are a quick way to add a new flair to your favorite meals. 
  • Social 21 May 2010
    Livestock workshop planned May 24
    Anyone involved with production agriculture knows that there is always some degree of uncertainty involved with any given crop season. Will we get enough rain to provide satisfactory yields? What is the future for crop prices? How much higher will fuel prices go? Will we face any major insect or disease pressures with this year’s crop? I’m sure you can add many more valid questions to this list.
  • Social 21 May 2010
    Highland County veterans present program
    Cake decorating competition
        The Highland County Senior Center will hold a cake decorating competition on Saturday, June 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Social 21 May 2010
    Highland District Hospital recognizes Sudie Ruggles
    “Caring. Close to Home” is a fitting tagline for Highland District Hospital. It seems just as fitting for an 11-year volunteer who just chalked up 12,000 volunteer hours. Sudie Ruggles is a volunteer who has been committed to the mission of caring through her service to HDH as a volunteer.
  • Social 20 May 2010
    41 volunteers clean up Lynchburg
    The village of Lynchburg was very fortunate to have had 41 volunteers walking throughout the Village picking up litter on April 17. 
  • Social 20 May 2010
    41 volunteers clean up Lynchburg
    The village of Lynchburg was very fortunate to have had 41 volunteers walking throughout the Village picking up litter on April 17. 
  • Social 20 May 2010
    Lynchburg Boy Scouts beautify HDH
    On May 5, the Lynchburg Boy Scouts Troop 120 participated in a community project which involved planting flowers around the Emergency entrance signage in front of Highland District Hospital. Thanks to each of you who donated your time and talent to the landscaping at HDH.
  • Social 20 May 2010
    Freestore Foodbank delivers 5,000 pounds of goods to Fairfield community
    Once again, the Freestore Foodbank delivered approximately 5,000 pounds of meat, dairy, canned goods, fresh vegetables, and bakery items to the Fairfield community on Friday, May 14, thanks to the generosity of the Leesburg Chapter #57 Order of the Eastern Star.
  • Social 20 May 2010
    Green up Lynchburg!
    On Saturday, May 15th, 22 volunteers graciously participated in "Green Up Day" in Lynchburg.
  • Social 20 May 2010
    Green up Lynchburg!
    On Saturday, May 15th, 22 volunteers graciously participated in "Green Up Day" in Lynchburg.
  • Social 20 May 2010
    Boy Scouts tour HCP

    Boy Scout Troop 37 visited the Highland County Press recently, and learned about what it's like to work at a newspaper. Pictured are Scouts Xander Willoughby, Brad Miller and Logan Groves. 

  • Social 20 May 2010
    Family, friends invited to celebrate homecoming of, Lynda Roades Hauel
    The family of Floyd Roades and Delores Wilkin Roades of Dodsonville will welcome home their daughter, Lynda Roades Hauel.
  • Social 19 May 2010
    3rd annual all breed horse show Memorial Day weekend
    The Appalachian Appaloosa Association will host its third annual open all breed horse show during Memorial Day weekend at the Roberts Arena in Wilmington. 
  • Social 19 May 2010
    Greenfield Library Link
    Summer Reading Adventure has begun at the Greenfield Library.
  • Social 18 May 2010
    Tara Swift opens Paul Mitchell Salon in Hillsboro
    Tara Swift and her team at Paul Mitchell, A Focus Salon, are open for business at 103 South West St., in Hillsboro. Their first day of business was Tuesday, May 18. Swift, who is a hair dresser as well as the business owner, invites anyone in need of a haircut, new hairstyle, pedicure or interested in professional styling tools, to stop by. Swift and her staff, which includes hair dresser Kristi Waters, nail technician Beth Coleman, and hair dresser Tiffany Shaw, offer the only Paul Mitchell salon service in the county.
  • Social 18 May 2010
    Tara Swift opens Paul Mitchell Salon in Hillsboro
    Tara Swift and her team at Paul Mitchell, A Focus Salon, are open for business at 103 South West St., in Hillsboro. Their first day of business was Tuesday, May 18. Swift, who is a hair dresser as well as the business owner, invites anyone in need of a haircut, new hairstyle, pedicure or interested in professional styling tools, to stop by. Swift and her staff, which includes hair dresser Kristi Waters, nail technician Beth Coleman, and hair dresser Tiffany Shaw, offer the only Paul Mitchell salon service in the county.
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