Crews from Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad and Highlands Fire & Rescue combed areas throughout Macon and Jackson counties for a possible downed aircraft after receiving reports of a missing plane on Thursday evening. Details were scarce […]
A representative of Pinnacle Architecture presented Highlands Fire and Rescue and town staff with a plan to renovate the current department campus, turning the multi-building complex into one, two-story structure. The project was discussed at […]
The hemlock woolly adelgid is a small pest that feeds off the sap of a hemlock at the base of the needles and if left untreated, leads to the hemlock’s demise. Eastern and Carolina hemlocks […]
Article by Tim Moseley On March 16 the American Legion is turning 100 and local Post 370 is celebrating the centennial milestone. While the local post was chartered in 1946, the organization as a whole […]
Last week someone publicly questioned my work schedule and travel expenses. I will respond. The implication was that the costs I incurred to Raleigh to attend the League of Municipalities Legislative Dinner were excessive. The […]
K-4th grade students at Highlands School are in for a treat this morning as 106 iPads were delivered yesterday after a year-long effort by The Literacy Council to improve literacy, and learning in general using […]
Editor’s Note: The Astronomical Applications Department at the U.S. Naval Observatory gives a good statistical breakdown of Daylight Saving and NASA does a great job as well, albeit very technical. I would normally cite information […]
It didn’t go the Bobcats way on Thursday when the Blue Ridge Middle School baseball team took on Fairview at home and ended up with a final 1-17. “We started the game well with a […]
Editor’s Note: Don’t forget to vote in The Laurel’s Winter Photo Contest. You can cast your vote every 24 hours and voting stops on March 15. Cast your vote HERE. March 10 Students in the […]
Summit Charter School held its annual talent show on Friday, Summit’s Got Talent; and singers, musicians, gymnasts, and dancers descended upon the stage at the Community Bible Church to perform in front of a packed […]
Blue Ridge Early College girls now have a team they can call their own after years of female athletes having to join the boys’ team in order to play soccer. “I think they’re really ready […]
Kurt Pusch joins Summit after leading six charter schools in Colorado serving pre-K to high school students Summit Charter School, a tuition-free K-9 public charter school in the Cashiers-Highlands plateau of North Carolina, today announces […]
The Board of Commissioners recently voted to match a $1,500 grant to treat Japanese Knotweed, a non-native invasive plant common throughout the region. Knotweed is highly invasive, spreading from even the smallest cutting or fragment […]
Highlands takes its zoning seriously, but nothing is set in stone and change is always in the air. At the February Planning Board meeting, members put the finishing touches on the Fence regulating portion of […]