The remaining varsity basketball games on the Plateau wrapped up on Dec. 18 and 19 ahead of winter break, as Summit Charter School hosted IC Imagine Public Charter School and Highlands School trave ...

The Town of Highlands has settled a legal dispute concerning its regulation of short-term rentals and the use of amortization, according to a consent judgment from the North Carolina Superior Court ...

Fifty-six candidates will be on the ballot for Macon County’s 2026 primary election, running for 18 local, state and national seats. On Thursday and Friday there was an influx of can ...

Since 1985, the Highlands Emergency Council has hosted its annual Angel Trees gift-giving program for children in need each December. This year’s program featured ornaments for 73 low-income chil ...

Highlands-Cashiers Hospital collected 2,312 pounds of canned food during its fifth annual Healthy Food for Healthier Tomorrow Food and Nutrition Drive as part of the HCA Healthcare food sculpture c ...

The Open Space Institute (OSI) and Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust (HCLT) have acquired the 104-acre Peregrine Tract along the ...

In recent years, a dangerous trend known as “swatting” has emerged as an alarming issue across the United States, endangering innocent lives and overburdening law enforcement resources. Swattin ...

The ninth edition of Wreaths Across America, themed “Keep Moving Forward”, was held on Saturday, Dec.13 at Highlands Memorial Park, honoring veterans’ graves with donated wreaths. A total of ...

I have a wish list for Highlands going into the new year. Whether I get all that I believe we need as a town may or not become a reality, but I am always hopeful. First on my list is that we ...