Bobcats prevail in battle against Bears season opener

The Blue Ridge Early College varsity soccer team defeated the Summit Bears high school team at home in the season opener on Aug. 25 with a final of 5-2. This was the first time BREC […]

Blue Ridge Early College varsity volleyball team won their first match of the season against Swain after winning a tie-breaking fifth set earning the Lady Bobcats a 3-2 victory at home on Aug. 24. BREC […]

The Summit junior varsity volleyball team lost to Victory Christian on Aug. 27 at home with a final of 2-0, but the Lady Bears kept their heads up and are using the experience to get […]

Town of Highlands Attorney Jay Coward released the following statement on Sept. 6 regarding the recent consensus by the Board of Commissioners regarding STRs. Mayor Taylor and Manager Ward: At the reconvened August 24 meeting […]

Saturday will be the 20th anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers, September 11, 2001. Hope everyone will take a moment as we usher in a beautiful fall weekend to and remember those innocent […]

Documentation of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result will be required to attend the Highlands Food & Wine Festival scheduled for Nov. 11-14. For patrons who are not fully vaccinated, a negative COVID-19 […]

Highlands Historical Society’s 11th Annual Dazzling Dahlia Festival will be held this weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 11-12 throughout the Town of Highlands. The Bascom will host Highlands Historical Society’s Dazzling […]

Public park and hiking trails in the works Just north of Cashiers, 63 acres of ecologically valuable land has been permanently conserved with Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust (HCLT). The new property’s location, on Laurel Knob Road, […]

COVID cases remain high throughout the state North Carolina is continuing to experience high levels of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among those who are unvaccinated due to the more infectious Delta variant, according to a release from […]

The Highlands Bolivian Mission Auction will be held at Wildcat Cliffs Country Club at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 15. This year’s auction features some beautiful jewelry as Dr. John Baumrucker goes to Bolivia several times […]

Time flies and the heart of our season is wrapping up and we are welcoming the fall. We at The Bookworm want to thank all our donors and patrons for making this the best year […]

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida will reach Macon County Tuesday afternoon and affect our area into early Wednesday morning. Gusty winds and heavy downpours could cause flooding in low lying areas. Although rainfall amounts […]

The Village Green Board of Directors recently announced the upcoming retirement of Executive Director Ann Self effective in December. Self is the founding executive and has led the organization since 2012. “It has been such […]

Blue Ridge Early College varsity volleyball team hosted Robbinsville for the start of the season and ended up with a loss, but the Lady Bobcats are staying positive and said it gives them a chance […]

Highlands varsity volleyball team boarded a bus on Aug. 19 for their third game on the road that week, this time they faced off against Murphy. After losing the first two sets, the Lady Highlanders […]