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A fourth person has died from complications associated with COVID-19 in Macon County.

Graduates from the Rabun Gap class of 2020 walked across the stage Sunday in a socially distanced outdoor ceremony. 

The Highlands Performing Arts center has canceled its series of September concerts due to restrictions from the COVID-19 coronavirus.

It may have come two months later than expected, but the Highlands School class of 2020 finally got their chance to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas on Saturday morning.

Macon County Public Health has identified another cluster of COVID-19 cases, this time among the staff and residents of Drake Cottage in Franklin.

The plan to reopen schools in Macon County, including Highlands School, came into focus on July 30 when the Macon County Board of Education solidified its plan to start the school year on Aug.

The Highlands board of commissioners held a specially called meeting on Wednesday to make a pair of budget amendments related to a police department vehicle that was totaled in an accident in July.

Highlands School vocation and industrial technology teacher Dave Cashion and longtime custodian Mary Greene were honored by Macon County Schools as the Teacher of the Year and  Support Person of th

The Town of Highlands is asking all residents to make the transition to a bear-resistant garbage can by Aug.

A lot has happened in the nearly six months Melanie Ham-Ye and her family have been living atop Cowee Ridge outside Highlands, high above US 64 and a stone’s throw from Whiteside Mountain.