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A music festival is coming to Highlands this spring. 

Tickets went on sale Monday morning. 

A long list of potential projects was laid on the table by Town of Highlands department heads during the board of commissioners’ annual budget retreat on Thursday at First Presbyterian Church.

The March 3, 50-46 loss to Alleghany in the Sweet Sixteen of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A tournament couldn’t have been tougher for the Highlands girls basketball team. 

Mayor Patrick Taylor said during the year’s first Coffee with the Mayor gathering, how he’d like to see Highlands get aggressive with its paving plans. 

Macon County turned out to the polls for the 2020 primary election on Tuesday to decide multiple local, state and federal races.

Macon County has a plan of attack should the coronavirus appear in Western North Carolina.

Basketball can be a funny game.

It’s hard to imagine any team got off to a hotter start in the NC High School Athletic Association 1-A state playoffs than Highlands varsity girls.

The management, staff and even the guests of Old Edwards Inn each want to do their part in the war against plastic, with the hotel opting to buckle down on its recycling efforts.

Despite national attention ahead of the Super Tuesday primary elections on Tuesday, March 3, one-stop early voting numbers in Macon County are lagging slightly behind 2016 totals.