February’s Town Board meeting touched on a number of topics – Dogwood Trust Foundation, Highlands Motoring Festival request, Coalition for non-native invasive plants request, an update from the Greenway Trail committee, the request to schedule […]
Just shy of 10,000 voters in Macon County went to the polls to cast their ballots in the Primary Election. Only 37 percent of the county’s 25,702 registered voters participated in the election. According to […]
Highlands varsity girls basketball team made it to the third round of the state playoffs on Monday and hit the road to take on Alleghany in Sparta, N.C. After highs and lows throughout a game […]
March 6 Talent Show: Summit Charter School’s annual talent show will take place on Friday, March 6 at the Summit Center. This is a celebration of the gifts students bring to Summit and beyond. The […]
The annual town budget retreat is today, at Coleman Hall of First Presbyterian Church. As always, I want to thank the church for sharing with the town this great meeting facility. The retreat will begin […]
Highlands School was a gathering of scientific-student minds on Thursday for Highlands School’s STEM Night and Science Fair. STEM Night entailed activity stations throughout the old gym focused on scientific principles used in the book […]
The Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District recently held its annual Poster Contests for students in 3rd through 6th grades in Jackson County. The purpose of the contests is to educate students about issues that […]
Challenge yourself to create an ideal community. Did you envision one that is free of crime? A community with many, safe parks for your children to play in? A community that has unlimited resources to […]