The Greenfield Masketeers
About a week ago Greenfield resident Sylvia “Kaki” Branham noticed a public outcry for masks to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. So she went to...
1800s Leesburg boasted inventor James T. Guthrie
Leesburg’s James T. Guthrie was an enigmatic character in Highland County history, a self-taught engineer and electrician who invented multiple contraptions in the mid-1800s,...
Storms rip through county
High winds that some weather observers estimated gusted as high as 80 mph combined with heavy rain and hail, caused significant damage to trees...
What is ‘close contact’?
During the Highland County Health Department’s second live update on COVID-19 in Highland County on Wednesday, Health Commissioner Jared Warner and Public Information Officer...
JFS updates county on services
Calling it “a crazy month,” Highland County Job & Family Services Director Katie Smith spoke Wednesday with the Highland County Board of Commissioners about...
Normal needs to continue, even in a pandemic
As the state enters the fourth week of the stay-at-home order, water leaks still happen and the grass still grows, Greenfield City Manager Todd...
Printing away pandemic
When Josh Montgomery found himself at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic and suddenly with little to do, the computer science professor from Southern...
Dogs find new homes during COVID-19 outbreak
Faced with health and government officials’ instructions to practice social distancing with fellow humans, local residents seek other friends: dogs. Within Highland County in...
Raisch offers hope amid COVID-19 fears
The Dawson House, one of the stops on Hillsboro’s historic home tour three years ago, had been in existence for less than two decades...
Highland County COVID-19 update
The extension to the stay at home order took effect Monday at midnight. We wanted to take this time to update people on the...
