Yesterday evening Governor Roy Cooper ordered all K-12 public schools in North Carolina to close for a minimum of two weeks in response to COVID-19. The Executive Order also bans gatherings of more than 100 […]
In response to the growing concern of COVID-19, Macon County Health Department has opened up a call center to field calls from individuals who may questions about the virus. Symptoms for COVID-19 are fever, cough, […]
Due to the threat from COVID-19, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors suspended interscholastic athletics beginning at 11:59 p.m. today through April 6. Pictured at the top of the article is […]
Below is a letter from Town of Highlands Mayor Pat Taylor sent to the Board of Commissioners earlier this evening: The governor and his staff just completed a conference call with mayors and county officials. […]
Kids packed Summit Charter School’s soccer field on Saturday to spend the afternoon learning the basics of a lesser-known sport, lacrosse. Future lacrosse players from grades 3-10 donned helmets and pads and brandished sticks ready […]
Highlands Middle School girls soccer team hit the road on Monday to take on Tallulah Falls for the season opener, but couldn’t take the win with a final of 8-2. Highlands Coach Caleb Brown said […]
Blue Ridge Middle School boys baseball team took on Fairview last Thursday on the road for the season opener that ended in a hefty loss, 13-3. Blue Ridge Coach Elijah Reece said the Bobcats didn’t […]
Just because we live on a remote and somewhat isolated mountain plateau, there is still a possibility that the coronavirus will appear and even spread. We are a tourist community and have many folks coming […]
Highlands School students K-5th-grade dined on Cat-in-the-Hat themed ice-cream cones on Friday in celebration of achieving their literacy goals set earlier in the year as part of the Accelerated Readers (AR) program. Students in AR […]
Summit Charter hosted Summit’s Got Talent on Friday and the students and faculty gave their all on stage. This year’s show was held in the Summit Center for the first time and Head of School […]
Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors to co-headline first-ever spring concert presented by Highlands Food & Wine. Highlands Festivals, Inc., the organization that produces Highlands Food & Wine, has announced a special spring concert to be […]
Gymnastics is different from other sports. Competitions are few and often far away, gymnasts often compete as individuals instead of a team, and there is no off season. Charlotte Bumgarner, 8, of Cashiers; and Eliza […]
The Highlands Performing Arts Center’s Youth Theater recently performed “A Ghostly Slumber Party” that tackled some serious themes from “The Slumber Party” by Luke Osteen, excerpts from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes, and “The […]
Chase Kenter, 5th grader at Highlands, represented the Highlands Hurricanes at the 2020 NC State Age Group Swimming Championship in Greensboro, N.C. February 14-16. Representing the Hurricanes by himself, he was still able to score 25 points placing […]