Highlands girls varsity basketball team faced rival Blue Ridge on Friday and things were neck and neck at the beginning of the game, but Highlands ended up taking the victory with a 49-35 final. The […]
The Highlands junior varsity boys basketball team defeated Blue Ridge at home on Friday with a final of 48-40. This clinches the regular season championship for Highlands. The Conference Tournament is next week with times […]
During the early morning hours of February 15 at approximately 4 a.m., Highlands Police Officer Eryn Sueyklang observed a pickup truck parked in the parking lot of the North 4th Street Market Shell engulfed in flames while on […]
Grab a slice of cake and a cup of coffee at the new Cake Bar located at 2254 Dillard Road in Highlands. Owned and operated by Krysti and Thomas Henderson, with their daughter Sarah Rogers […]
Phase 1 of construction is moving full-steam ahead as part of the renovation and expansion of the Highlands Performing Arts Center. Items currently underway include site clearance and utilities work, said PAC Executive Director Mary […]
For almost four years the US Forest Service has been discussing and tweaking its plans to implement the Southside Project in Whiteside Cove that straddles Macon and Jackson counties east of Highlands. The purpose of […]
It was cold and blustery on Tuesday evening as high winds blew a tree onto some power lines on Highway 64 near The Bascom causing a power outage in downtown Highlands along Main Street, said […]
The Highlands Biological Station North Campus project is in full swing with the boardwalk around Lindenwood Lake being set into place, the Lake has been lowered to allow a crane to pound in the pylons […]
The Town of Highlands hired Officer John Cherry for the position of Code/Animal Control Officer. Cherry began his second tour in Highlands on Feb. 7, 2019. Officer Cherry returns to the Highlands Police Department after […]
The North Carolina Wildlife Commission recently sponsored a BearWise workshop in Asheville. Cynthia Strain of the Highlands B.E.A.R. Taskforce and I, along with BEAR board members Elaine Carlton, Gerri Tulley, Debbie Lassiter and Kelly and […]