Highlands High School track team traveled to Hayesville on Wednesday and despite a limited amount of practice time, managed to walk away with several top scores. The final team results have not been released (tabulated) […]
Summit Charter Middle School girls soccer team played on their home field for the first time on Thursday against Tallulah Falls and ran away with the game ending with a final of 5-1. “The girls […]
Rescue crews made their way through rugged terrain today and located the wreckage of a single engine private plane at approx. 12:45 p.m. in southern Jackson County near Whiteside Mountain. The aircraft’s sole occupant was […]
Crews from Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad and Highlands Fire & Rescue combed areas throughout Macon and Jackson counties for a possible downed aircraft after receiving reports of a missing plane on Thursday evening. Details were scarce […]
A representative of Pinnacle Architecture presented Highlands Fire and Rescue and town staff with a plan to renovate the current department campus, turning the multi-building complex into one, two-story structure. The project was discussed at […]
The hemlock woolly adelgid is a small pest that feeds off the sap of a hemlock at the base of the needles and if left untreated, leads to the hemlock’s demise. Eastern and Carolina hemlocks […]
Article by Tim Moseley On March 16 the American Legion is turning 100 and local Post 370 is celebrating the centennial milestone. While the local post was chartered in 1946, the organization as a whole […]
Last week someone publicly questioned my work schedule and travel expenses. I will respond. The implication was that the costs I incurred to Raleigh to attend the League of Municipalities Legislative Dinner were excessive. The […]
K-4th grade students at Highlands School are in for a treat this morning as 106 iPads were delivered yesterday after a year-long effort by The Literacy Council to improve literacy, and learning in general using […]
Editor’s Note: The Astronomical Applications Department at the U.S. Naval Observatory gives a good statistical breakdown of Daylight Saving and NASA does a great job as well, albeit very technical. I would normally cite information […]
It didn’t go the Bobcats way on Thursday when the Blue Ridge Middle School baseball team took on Fairview at home and ended up with a final 1-17. “We started the game well with a […]
The Rotary Club of Highlands Mountaintop held their annual Taco Night on Friday at the Highlands Recreational Park. The fundraiser brought in about $1,100 to help fund two Rotary projects: CART, a project that funds […]
Editor’s Note: Don’t forget to vote in The Laurel’s Winter Photo Contest. You can cast your vote every 24 hours and voting stops on March 15. Cast your vote HERE. March 10 Students in the […]
Summit Charter School held its annual talent show on Friday, Summit’s Got Talent; and singers, musicians, gymnasts, and dancers descended upon the stage at the Community Bible Church to perform in front of a packed […]