Though it’s often bypassed for its flashier neighbor Glen Falls, Chinquapin Mountain offers a series of spectacles and a magnificent summit. Pictured below is Chinquapin Mountain with a dash of Little Scaly. Footage taken November […]
Summit Middle School soccer team hosted Murphy on April 22 and took the win, 5-0. Summit took the field without offensive powerhouse Anthony Qemali who injured his hamstring against Swain. “I was proud of the […]
Some of the changes that are happening now are rather unnerving, even depressing to this aging Baby Boomer. Social media, the political climate, actual climate change, and population pressures are changing the way we live. […]
Highlands girls varsity soccer team took on Blue Ridge Early College on April 14 and won 6-0. BREC Coach Nick Pressler said the Lady Bobcats played timid against Highlands and a lack of practice time […]
In just a few weeks, the Highlands Biological Foundation will host a brand-new spring lecture series titled Climate Conversations! This series will showcase three field research projects here in the southern Appalachians while highlighting how […]
The third quarter recipients of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce (Visit Highlands, NC) grants we’re announced on April 26. Each year Visit Highlands, NC supports local nonprofits through its Tourism Grant and Sponsorships program. These […]
With an eye on the future and supporting healthcare throughout the Western North Carolina region, Mission Health on Friday celebrated the groundbreaking for its 82,500 square foot Angel Medical Center. “This construction project builds on […]
The Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is one of the few remaining areas with intact old growth hemlock forest. The Southern Appalachians are home to two species of hemlocks, the eastern or Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and the Carolina […]
Families with children should file 2020 tax returns to ensure receipt of payments Beginning in July of 2021, qualifying families with children will begin to receive the expanded federal Child Tax Credit, in part, in […]
Since the pandemic began over a year ago, there has not been a large-scale music festival like that of Bear Shadow held last weekend at Winfield Farm in Scaly Mountain N.C. Pictured below is an […]