News
Highlands saw more than 125 inches of rain in 2018, the most the area has seen since the Highlands Biological Station started keeping track of local rainfall in 1961 and 42 inches more than the yea
By Dan Brown
The snow may be gone for now, but the work to clear roads and right-of-ways from the debris the recent storms left behind has been difficult since more than a foot of snow fell on Dec.
By Dan Brown
One of the most critical components of Highlands Cashiers Hospital’s active shooter drill on Dec. 5, was the need to inform the public that this was just a drill.
By Dan Brown
Sports
The Highlands boys’ soccer team’s season came to an abrupt end on Saturday with a 3-2 overtime loss to Mountain Island Charter out of Mt.
A third-time match up with Hiwassee Dam looms as Highlands’ volleyball team swept inter-county rival Blue Ridge 3-0 in the first round of the Little Smoky Mountain Conference tournament Monday.
A 5-1 season-finale loss to Hayesville Tuesday night threatened the Highlands soccer team’s chances of reaching the North Carolina High School Athletics Association Class 1A tournament.
Obituaries
Captain Percy M. (Pat) Beard, Jr. USN (Ret) of Atlanta, Georgia passed away peacefully on December 23, 2018 surrounded by his loving family.
Lillie Savannah Stancil Billingsley, was born on February 22, 1945 at home to Carl Mayford Stancil and Louise Gibson Stancil on Taylor’s Chapel, Rabun Gap, Georgia.
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