OAKHURST—In 2019 Vision Academy of the Arts (VAA) held its final Grand Night for the Arts prior to the Covid (and world) shutdown. When it became apparent that the world was not going to reopen any time soon, the organization went dormant. The Beginning Vision Academy of the Arts, breathed into life in 1994 by local legend and teacher Jackie ...

OAKHURST — When the 21st annual Mountain Heritage Days Parade steps off on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 10 a.m., look for the one-and-only Jackie Byers sitting atop a pink Cadillac — she’s the Grand Marshall. Jackie has been many things to many people over the course of her residency in the foothills. Mother, teacher, coach, friend, choir director, accompanist and ...