Blue Ridge Early College varsity soccer team beat Murphy at home on Monday winning their final home game of the season, 3-1. “They played a great game,” said BREC Coach Brittany Elkins. “The mid-field did […]
Running for re-election Tuesday, Nov. 5 are Commissioners, John Dotson, Eric Pierson, and Brian Stiehler. Opposing them are Marc Hehn, Nick McCall, Michael Rogers, and Hank Ross. There are three seats open on the board. […]
Upgrades at the Highlands Biological Station (HBS) are in full-swing and things are starting to take shape along the North Campus. One addition visitors won’t be seeing is HBS’ cold water syphon installed at the […]
Blue Ridge Early College took it to a tie-breaking 5th set against Mount Airy on Saturday in the first round of the 2019 Volleyball State Championship tournament, but the Lady Bobcats ended up losing 3-2. […]
This past Friday was the last Community Coffee with the Mayor for this year. I can’t thank the Hudson Library enough for hosting these monthly sessions from March through October. I also want to thank […]
The Highlands Chamber of Commerce All Hallows Eve celebration has been moved to Friday, November 1 instead of Thursday, October 31. The decision was made by Chamber Executive Director Kaye McHan along with Mayor Patrick Taylor and HPD Chief Bill Harrell […]
The Lady Highlanders varsity volleyball team faced a behemoth of an opponent in the first round of the 2019 Volleyball State Championship tournament at home on Saturday. Facing off against 26-1 North Stanly, Highlands lost […]
Four area fire crews responded to a call of a structure fire off of Bee Tree Road in Glenville shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Monday. There are no injuries and it’s believed the residence is […]
Highlands School students got to see K-9s from the Highlands Police Department in action on Thursday demonstrating tracking and suspect apprehension, also called ‘bitework.’ K-9 Officers Hope and Xena performed the tasks for middle-school students […]
Costume-clad families packed the Cashiers/Glenville Recreation Center on Friday for the annual Goblins In the Green. Traditionally held at The Village Green, all the Halloween action was moved indoors to the Rec Center due to […]
Wildcat Cliffs Country Club hosted the annual Town of Highlands Scholarship Golf Tournament that raised nearly $19,000 earlier this month to fund scholarships for graduates of the Highlands School. “We are grateful to the membership […]
Blue Ridge Middle School soccer team won their final game on Oct. 14 against Cullowhee clinching the Jackson County regular season championship. “They played really well,” said Blue Ridge Coach Cristian Mireles. “They did what […]
Highlands High School cross country team ended their season in Cherokee on Wednesday and Highlands Coach Brett Lamb said all six runners showed vast improvement and set new personal records. Only having six runners, Highlands […]
Highlands Police Officer Tim Fish was honored with a retirement party after last week’s Town Board meeting. He spent 30 years as a law enforcement officer working in Highlands, Franklin, and Macon County. Pictured at […]
Highlands varsity soccer team took on Blue Ridge Early College at home on Thursday and after establishing a 1-point lead in the first half, managed to pull off a close win ending 3-2. Highlands Coach […]