The Highlander, Highlands, North Carolina

The Friends of Founders Park will host a Low-Country Shrimp Boil at the Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park at 5 p.m. on June 16.

Arts center expansion begins

A ground-breaking ceremony and donor celebration was held on June 8, at the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center.

Classic cars on display at Motoring Festival

Classic car fans packed Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park in downtown Highlands Saturday for the 11th Annual Highlands Motoring Festival.

Drug Takeback event

The Highlands Police Department and MountainWise of Macon County teamed up Saturday in an effort to keep prescription medication out of the hands of abusers.

The Highlander welcomes interns

Local news coverage will get a little more in-depth over the next couple of months as a pair of summer interns join The Highlander staff.

Nature Center earns pollinator designation

The town of Highlands has been designated a Bee City, thanks to efforts of the Nature Center and Biological Station to establish a pollinator environment for flies, ants, butterflies, moths and bees.

News

Shrimp boil benefits park

The Friends of Founders Park will host a Low-Country Shrimp Boil at the Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park at 5 p.m. on June 16.

By Charlotte Spears

Arts center expansion begins

A ground-breaking ceremony and donor celebration was held on June 8, at the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center.

By Tesa Glass

Classic cars on display at Motoring Festival

Classic car fans packed Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park in downtown Highlands Saturday for the 11th Annual Highlands Motoring Festival.

By Dan Brown

Opinion

Greenway Passport Challenge was fun

I want to tell everyone about this really fun thing that I did this year at “Camp Granny.” The Highlands Plateau Greenway now has a Passport Challenge.

Mayor on Duty

The arts produce aesthetic works that symbolically capture shared human thoughts and feelings.

Our View

Over the past week, two famous people decided to end their life prematurely by committing suicide.

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Sports

Highlanders elminated in 5-1 second round loss to Starmount

The Lady Highlanders soccer team was eliminated in the second round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 1A playoffs on Saturday, losing 5-1 to fifth-seeded Starmount in Boo

Lady Highlanders take first round in state playoffs

The score could have been higher than the 2-0 shutout the Highlands Lady Highlanders (10-6) pitched against the Highland Tech Rams (8-10) Wednesday night in the first round of the Class 1A North Ca

Garcia: A soccer commander on the field

The Lady Highlanders soccer team enjoyed a great season this year, advancing to the second round of the North Carolina High School Athletics Association 1A soccer tournament, finishing with a 10-7