Blue Ridge Middle School girls basketball team travelled to Smokey Mountain Elementary on Wednesday for the first round of the Jackson County Middle School Basketball Tournament but lost to Scotts Creek 27-17 officially ending their […]
Highlands boys varsity basketball team traveled to Blue Ridge Early College to take on the Bobcats on Tuesday and won 67-44. Highlands Coach Brett Lamb said everyone knew it was going to be a tough […]
Highlands girls varsity basketball team took on Blue Ridge Early College in Cashiers on Tuesday and walked away with a hard-earned win, 38-31. “It wasn’t pretty, but we’ll take it,” said Highlands Coach Jake Page. […]
Sallie and I visited our ‘beltway kids’ in Washington this past weekend. It is always good to leave Highlands for a while and see what other folks are doing. Well, I suppose comparisons of Highlands […]
Highlands Middle School boys basketball team hosted Nantahala on Monday in the first round of the Tri-State Middle School Conference tournament and won with a final 38-19. The Highlanders maintained a comfortable lead throughout the […]
Highlands Middle School girls basketball team hosted Summit in the first round of the Tri-State Middle School Conference tournament on Monday and took the win, 32-18. Highlands Coach Tim Dearth said the girls did great, […]
Several teams battled it out on the court at the Cashiers-Glenville Recreation Center on Saturday through the Jackson County Youth Basketball Program. Game Results 6-8 Girls: Fire 4 vs Force 12 9-10 Boys: Bulldogs 12 […]
Rainbow Falls is an incredible 150-foot waterfall that’s located in the Pisgah National Forest but visitors reach the trailhead through Gorges State Park. The 7,500-acre park in Lake Toxaway is known for long-distance trail hiking, […]
Blue Ridge Early College boys varsity basketball team played away against Brevard on Thursday and lost 71-28. BREC next plays against Highlands at 6 p.m. at home on Tuesday. Photos by Brian O’Shea plateaudailynews@gmail.com Follow […]
Blue Ridge Early College girls varsity basketball team hopped a bus to Brevard on Thursday to take on the Lady Blue Devils and ended with a loss of 69-57. The Lady Bobcats had a slow […]
Summit Middle School Lady Bears took on Nantahala at home on Thursday and scored a win with a 36-10 final. Summit Coach Kaylee O’Dwyer said everyone contributed to pull off a great win and is […]
The Cashiers Recreation Center was packed on Wednesday night with standing room only and a crowd of over 70 people who came to hear directly from all five Democratic candidates running for the NC 11 […]
At Thursday’s Town Board meeting, Casey Reid of Eleven Events and David Bock, chairman of Highlands Festivals Inc., a nonprofit organization created to run the Highlands Food & Wine Festival, presented a proposal for a […]
At the Thursday, Jan. 16 Town Board meeting, Chairman of the Highlands-Cashiers Health Foundation Board, Dr. Walter Clark, told commissioners about the Foundation’s work over its inaugural year, explaining how its new mission (and name) […]
Three new people were appointed to the town’s Planning Board, but not all commissioners voted for the appointments. At Thursday night’s Town Board meeting, Assistant Planning Director Michael Mathis presented the appointees who were recommended […]