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Rotary Club to raise money for recent HHS grad

News Staff
Thursday, June 23, 2022
The Highlands Rotary Club and the Highlands School Interact Club will be working in collaboration with one another to hold a fundraiser at the Rotary Club’s annual July fourth hotdog cookout to raise funds for a recent Highlands High School graduate, Seth Staffelbach.

Highlands local raising money to help his father

Highlander Editor
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Since getting in a car accident in 2019, life for Highlands local Austin Baty’s father, Scott, has never been the same. In an attempt to make his father’s life easier, Baty has started a GoFundMe, with $1,705 raised already. “In 2019, my father was in a car accident in Cashiers,” Baty said.
Photo by Christopher Lugo/Staff There is a creek that runs through Hickory Knut Gap Road that sometimes floods to almost two feet deep. Residents like Duncan Greenlee have to drive through the creek daily.

Photo by Christopher Lugo/Staff There is a creek that runs through Hickory Knut Gap Road that sometimes floods to almost two feet deep. Residents like Duncan Greenlee have to drive through the creek daily.

Scaly Mountain resident voices concern over poorly-maintained road

Highlander Editor
Thursday, June 23, 2022
For the past 43 years, Scaly Mountain resident Duncan Greenlee and his neighbors have dealt with an unmaintained road with a creek that runs through it.
Photo by Kaylee Cook/Staff A piece by Mary Muszynski in the Imaginary Landscapes: Stories from the American South exhibit.

Photo by Kaylee Cook/Staff A piece by Mary Muszynski in the Imaginary Landscapes: Stories from the American South exhibit.

Bascom set to host opening reception tonight

News Staff
Thursday, June 16, 2022
The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts will be holding a public exhibition reception on Thursday, June 16, from 5 - 6:30 p.m., to celebrate their current exhibits that will be on display, including three new summer exhibits that tie into the center’s current theme of place.
Photo by Christopher Lugo/Staff The inside of the new PAC theater.

Photo by Christopher Lugo/Staff The inside of the new PAC theater.

PAC nearing end of construction

Highlander Editor
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Almost a year after breaking ground on its new $11 million facility, the Highlands Performing Arts Center is nearing the end of construction. “I get chills every time I walk in here,” Highlands PAC director Mary Adair Trumbly said during a sneak peek of the new building.

15th annual Highlands Motoring Festival exceeds expectations

News Staff
Thursday, June 16, 2022
The 2022 Highlands Motoring Festival has come and gone once again, but not without drawing in thousands of participants to join in on the festivities. The festival, which celebrated its 15th year, was first conceptualized in 2006 and by 2007 it had its grand debut featuring a total of 114 cars.
Photo by Christopher Lugo/Staff Before becoming a volunteer firefighter, Roger Lee Wilson was rejected three times.

Photo by Christopher Lugo/Staff Before becoming a volunteer firefighter, Roger Lee Wilson was rejected three times.

Wilson nominated for NC Firefighter of the Year

Highlander Editor
Thursday, June 16, 2022
From being a rambunctious teenager, being blackballed from ever volunteering at the Highlands Fire Department, to eventually having a rule about how many awards he can win as a volunteer firefighter, Capt. Roger Lee Wilson wasrecently  nominated for North Carolina Firefighter of the Year.
Photo by Christopher Lugo/Staff Rocksteady@8 at one of their concerts at The High Dive in Highlands last year.

Photo by Christopher Lugo/Staff Rocksteady@8 at one of their concerts at The High Dive in Highlands last year.

Ol’ Dirty Bathtub, Rocksteady@8 set for weekend concerts

News Staff
Thursday, June 9, 2022
The Highlands Chamber of Commerce’s summer concert series continues this weekend with Ol’ Dirty Bathtub and Rocksteady@8. One of Western North Carolina’s premiere acoustic bands, Ol’ Dirty Bathtub, will perform at Town Square on June 10 for the Friday Night Live Concert Series.
In the letter, Allen states that the Town of Highlands failed to provide adequate notice of the ordinance changes per N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-601(a).

In the letter, Allen states that the Town of Highlands failed to provide adequate notice of the ordinance changes per N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-601(a).

Save Highlands attorney sends letter attempting prelitigation

Highlander Editor
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Save Highlands attorney Derek Allen sent a letter to the Town of Highlands attorneys Jay Coward and Craig Justice attempting prelitigation to resolve what the group claims as a procedural issue after the town made the decision to adopt amendments to the Uniformed Development Ordinance.