Education

Hammond returning to Polk County Schools as Accountability Coordinator

A familiar face is returning to Polk County Schools to help oversee testing and student data. Adrian Hammond,…

Education

ICC Deans’ List for Spring 2022 announced 

The Isothermal Community College deans of Business Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology, and Health…

Education

Polk County High School Underclassmen Awards

Polk County High School capped the 2021-22 academic year by recognizing students at its annual Underclassmen Awards held…

Community

Partnership for Children joins Polk County Public Libraries for summer reading fun

Partnership for Children will be partnering with the Columbus and Saluda branches for preschool story time events and…

Community

May acquisitions at Lanier Library 

Audiobooks Never Go Back by Lee Child   Biography and Memoir The Palace Papers by Tina Brown Finding…

Education

Luke Lair graduates Summa Cum Laude

Luke Lair recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Wakefield High School in Wake Forest, NC.  He received the…

Education

Isothermal offers new teacher prep degrees 

The road to becoming a teacher just got easier in Polk and Rutherford counties.   Starting in August,…

Education

Holland receives 2022 Norman L. Spivey Memorial Scholarship 

Maggie Holland has been named the 2022 recipient of the Norman L. Spivey Memorial Scholarship. A Polk County…

Education

PCHS woodshop class lends aid to Columbus Fabulous 4th of July committee

The Polk County High School woodshop class recently stepped in and helped the Columbus Fabulous 4th of July committee,…

Education

Jason Fox Award presented to Carmello Javon Young

Robert Jason Fox, best known as Jason, was a native of Tryon. He attended the Polk County School…