Highlands junior varsity volleyball team hosted Franklin on Monday but didn’t walk away with the victory, Franklin won 2-0. Highlands Coach Kaitlin Bishop the girls played well considering it was the second game of the […]
The big news out of last week’s November Town Board meeting was two things: the decision to go with Hotwire as the closed system provider on the town’s broadband highway known as Highlands Smart Cities […]
Highlands Middle School girls volleyball team travelled to Summit last week to play one of four scrimmages planned for this season. Due to COVID-19, Jackson County Schools aren’t holding official middle school sports seasons, so […]
Highlands Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center has cancelled the 2020 Olde Mountain Christmas Festival on Dec. 5. Due to cases of COVID-19 rising rapidly in North Carolina, the state has tightened existing mask requirements […]
Our country and its communities have faced hard times before. Think about our parents and grandparents who grew up in the Depression only to have to fight and win the Second World War. These folks, […]
Mission Health’s Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) got a new helicopter earlier this month thanks to parent company HCA Healthcare. Pictured above is MAMA’s new helicopter landing and taking off from Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. MAMA provides […]
Blue Ridge Early College varsity volleyball team travelled to Highlands on Wednesday for the official season opener and took the win 3-1. The Lady Bobcats came out swinging, coming fresh off the heels of scrimmages […]
Throughout a year that has been far from normal, the Advance Highlands Education Committee (AHEC) has continued on their course to raise funds for immediate technology needs at Highlands School. AHEC recently placed their final order […]
The folks at the Highlands Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center have been working with town staff to come up with a way to orchestrate holiday festivities during the COVID pandemic. Though events planned for […]
The Village Green will add some sparkle to your holidays on Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28 with the 10th annual “Christmas On the Green” celebration. “After a day of feasting, make your spirits […]
The Highlands Ice Skating Rink at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park is now taking reservations for scheduled time slots. Highlands Rec Park Director Lester Norris said the reservations were started as a way to slow the spread […]
Ten more counties designated as red for Critical Community Spread Governor Roy Cooper issued additional COVID-19 safety measures yesterday to tighten mask requirements and enforcement as cases continue to rise rapidly in North Carolina and […]
A Macon County resident diagnosed with COVID-19 died on Sunday, which totals nine COVID-19 related deaths in the county. The death was reported by Macon County Public Health on Nov. 23. The person was over […]
Blue Ridge Early College took on Swain in a preseason scrimmage on Nov. 11 and won all 4 games. BREC Coach Carlton Fowler said they began practicing together on Nov. 4 as soon as state […]
Long-distance runners from Highlands and Summit Charter schools laced up their sneakers for a preseason cross country scrimmage on Saturday in Highlands. Highlands boys and girls teams ended up taking first place running the approx. […]