Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation (HCHF) recently announced that its Board of Directors has elected Dr. Barbara Blumer Corcoran as Board Chair. She succeeds Dr. Walter Clark who, after serving as Board Chair since the inception […]
By Brittney Lofthouse, The Southern Scoop Pictured at the top of the article is the Macon County Public Library February meeting. It was standing room only for the Macon County Public Library February meeting as […]
Tonight is the September Highlands Board of Commissioners meeting. It will begin at 7 pm at the Highlands Community Center next to the ball field. Public comment is the first item on the agenda. The […]
At the February Town Board meeting, the Board of Commissioners again considered two items regarding document requests Commissioner Marc Hehn has made of the town. His requests involved copies of the red-line version of the […]
There were two parts to Tuesday night’s special called Town Board meeting – dubbed workshop. The first part was a closed session where the board was briefed on the lawsuit leveled at the town by […]
They ask commissioners to rescind hasty decision to ban STRs in R1 Unlike most of the public comments made at the August Highlands Town Board meeting against short-term rentals in the R1 zone, at the […]
During the public comment period of the July Town Board meeting, commissioners heard from Bob Irwin concerning Short-term Rentals, (see story above) from Dennis Wilson about renovating the Community Building kitchen and from Dr. Scott […]
At the March 18 Town Board meeting, commissioners amended the town’s Code of Ethics to include a sixth element regarding disclosing closed session information to the public under the threat of censure. As outlined, the […]
Highlands Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to the Town’s Emergency Ordinance that mandates everyone wear face coverings on commercial sidewalks and inside businesses at yesterday’s monthly board meeting. The amendment went into effect […]
Short-term accommodations required to register with Town before reopening Highlands Town Board held a special meeting this morning and voted unanimously to lift restrictions that limited restaurants to curbside delivery, now allowing inside takeout. N.C. […]
Three new people were appointed to the town’s Planning Board, but not all commissioners voted for the appointments. At Thursday night’s Town Board meeting, Assistant Planning Director Michael Mathis presented the appointees who were recommended […]
At the Town Board’s November meeting last week, Highlands Board of Commissioners were given a brief breakdown of the new Highlands Fire & Rescue facility planned across from the Highlands Post Office at 149 Franklin […]
Running for re-election Tuesday, Nov. 5 are Commissioners, John Dotson, Eric Pierson, and Brian Stiehler. Opposing them are Marc Hehn, Nick McCall, Michael Rogers, and Hank Ross. There are three seats open on the board. […]
The North Carolina Senate is in its second week of session and has yet to take up consideration of hearing a vote on overriding Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of the budget. With no vote, the […]
Running for re-election Tuesday, Nov. 5 are Commissioners, John Dotson, Eric Pierson, and Brian Stiehler. Opposing them are Marc Hehn, Nick McCall, Michael Rogers and Hank Ross. Each candidate has been asked to answer six […]