Restaurants say Phase 2 opening at 50% was worth it At last Thursday’s Town Board meeting, the Chamber of Commerce presented requests from restauranteurs who were trying to plan for being open for inside dining […]
Macon County Public Health Department identified three more COVID-19 cases at 6 p.m. last night. Active positive cases in the county now stand at 18; recovered at 2, and 1 death. MCPH received notice late […]
According to an anonymous tip, the mice that mysteriously appeared in Highlands recently are the brainchild of New Yorker Rae Stang. “All my life I’ve liked making things,” said Stang. “If a life is like […]
Every year Highlands School announces the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the school year. For the first time two Valedictorians were announced, Camren Dalton and Salya Roman and one Salutatorian, Morgan Olvera. The Valedictorian is the […]
Late last week, the day after announcing the 3-phase plan to reopen North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper announced that public schools in the state will remain closed for the rest of the school year, if […]
At last Thursday’s Zoom Town Board meeting and again Tuesday morning, Mayor Pat Taylor stressed the need to work collaboratively on a gradual opening of town businesses, properties and public places. During a webinar Tuesday […]
During Thursday night’s Zoom Town Board meeting, Commissioner Amy Patterson announced that contract negotiations with Wide Open Networks have fallen apart. At the March’s retreat –though business isn’t typically done – business was conducted regarding […]
The construction schedule for the Performing Arts Center expansion has not gone as planned. The cost of construction and finding a company willing to take on the project, as well as fundraising hurdles have caused […]
Preparing each fiscal year’s budget is usually a painstaking process spanning several months. It begins with the Town Retreat, held this year on March 5, where department heads present wish lists for capital improvement projects […]
North Carolina could see 110 people testing positive or presumptive positive for coronavirus by the end of the week, with cases reaching 4,000 by April 2, an epidemiologist at UNC-Chapel Hill said Monday. On Tuesday, […]
As of press time, of the 1,100 tests and 1,000 samples taken for COVID-19, there are 40 confirmed cases in North Carolina spanning 16 counties. A woman who was initially in self-isolation at Highlands Country […]
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 […]
Every year the Highlands Fire & Rescue Department enjoys a little down time to recognize its own for the year-long work it does and to announce the Firefighter of the Year. The Firefighter of the […]
Monday, Jan. 27 was the first Planning Board meeting for the three new appointees. Present were, Assistant Planning Director Michael Mathis and Dennis DeWolf, Rich Trevathan, Brad Armstrong and new appointees, Helene Siegel and Darren […]