Highlands ice rink at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founder’s Park had it’s first ice skaters glide across the rink yesterday afternoon as the 2018 skating season gets underway. “The people love it,” said Highlands Parks and Recreation Department […]
Macon County followed a statewide trend for the Midterm elections with record-breaking voter turnout. More than 50 percent of Macon County’s registered voters showed up at the polls. 15,463 out of the 26,369 registered voters […]
The turkey, cornbread dressing, pumpkin pie, football and family time…so many reasons to love Thanksgiving! Did we mention pie? Each family has its own activities and traditions to look forward to the holiday. This year […]
Responses sought from Visitors, Residents and Part-Time Residents The Jackson County Tourism Development Authority, whose mission it is to promote and market the county, is conducting its first comprehensive research project. Work on this project […]
On October 23, the Rotary Club of Highlands welcomed Sarah Holbrooks, Highlands School new assistant principal to give us a behind the scenes look at the school and the many ways the school impacts the […]
Today I will travel to Raleigh to meet with the North Carolina Attorney General and his staff. I will address the impending sale of Mission Healthcare facilities, including our hospital, to Hospital Corporation of America […]
The musical cast and crew wowed audiences October 26-27 when “Pirates of Penzance” sailed into the Rearden Theater. “Pirates of Penzance” was Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s signature fall musical and the first mainstage performance of the […]
The Highlands Performing Arts Center will present, Live via Satellite, the MET Opera’s production of “Marnie” at 12:55 p.m. on Saturday, November 10. Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with […]
Effective January 1, 2019, the new deadline for grant applications to the Laurel Garden Club is January 31, 2019. Please note this is the only deadline for considering grant requests to the Laurel Garden Club. […]
Blue Ridge Early College varsity soccer team gave it their all against Queen’s Grant but couldn’t pull off the win in the state tournament with a final of 5-2 at home on Tuesday. Queen’s Grant, […]
The Highlanders put up a good fight and took the game to overtime at home against Mountain Island Charter on Saturday, but couldn’t end up moving on to the next round of the 2018 Men’s […]
Highlands Middle School boys basketball team could not pull off the win against Rosman and ended up losing in overtime last Thursday with a score of 23-16. “We were off of our game mentally,” said […]
Highlands Middle School girls basketball team faced a tough battle at home against Rosman with a final score of 59-6 on Nov. 1. “We need to work on playing better as a team and getting […]