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Tate awarded EMS scholarship

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Highlands School 2021 graduate Ethan Tate was recently named as one of 30 recipients statewide of the North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services “Children of Members” scholarship.

Woodward tackles ultra run

News Staff

Thursday, June 3, 2021

For the past few years, local distance runner Canyon Woodward has competed in some of the region’s most daunting trail races, running dozens of miles over difficult terrain without rest or the thought of stopping.

Members of Highlands School’s Class of 2021 entered via the track for commencement on Saturday morning.

Highlands grads turn their tassels

Ryan Hanchett

Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Highlands School 2021 graduating class had near perfect timing. Less than two weeks after North Carolina Gov.

Frank and Allie play outside Hudson Library during the first ever Meander in May on Saturday afternoon.

Meander in May kicks off concerts

Ryan Hanchett

Thursday, May 27, 2021

The streets of Highlands were alive on Saturday with sights and sounds of artists and musicians taking part in the first ever “Meander in May” sponsored by the Highlands Chamber of Commerce.

A recent encounter with a bear left a Highlands pet seriously injured.

Bear encounter leaves dog injured

Ryan Hanchett

Thursday, May 27, 2021

A recent bear encounter left a Highlands resident shaken and a pet seriously injured, according to Highlands Police Department reports. On Friday morning, HPD officer Leah McCall responded to the incident on Big Bear Pen Road near the water tower following a call from the resident.

HCLT hosting nature hike

News Staff

Thursday, May 27, 2021

On the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau and in the surrounding Southern Appalachians, residents and visitors are lucky to be amongst an incredible diversity of plants.

Highlands Chamber of Commerce Visit Highlands, NC Grant recipients for 2020-21 included Fallon Hovis, Bonnie Dayton, Sandy Carlton and Lee Garrett, President, Center for Life Enrichment; Jeannie Mullen and Sandie Trevathan, Highlands Playhouse; Steve Mehder, Highlands Motoring Festival; Mary Adair Trumbly, Highlands Performing Arts Center; Billy Love and Karin Peterson, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts.

Chamber awards grant funds

News Staff

Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Highlands Chamber of Commerce recently unveiled the third quarter recipients of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce Visit Highlands, NC Grants. Each year Visit Highlands, NC supports local nonprofits through our Tourism Grant program and sponsorships.

A group of 237 runners took off from the starting line at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park for the annual Twilight 5K and 10K on Saturday night.

Twilight run draws big crowd

Ryan Hanchett

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Runners from across Western North Carolina and beyond toed the starting line for the first road race in Highlands in over a year and a half when the Highlands Twilight 5K and 10K got underway Saturday night.

The Macon County EDC and Southwestern Commission are looking at options to promote the construction of workforce housing.

EDC examines workforce housing

Ryan Hanchett

Thursday, May 20, 2021

The Macon County Economic Development commission heard from regional experts regarding a question on many employers’ minds on Thursday night. What can be done about workforce housing in Western North Carolina?

The Highlands Biological Station will begin a lecture series entitled “Climate Conversations” at 6 p.m. on Thursday via Zoom online.

Climate Conversations hosted by HBF

News Staff

Thursday, May 20, 2021

The Highlands Biological Foundation will kick off a new virtual lecture series, Climate Conversations, with Dr. Richard Chandler’s lecture titled “On the edge of a shifting range: Climate change and birds of the southern Appalachian Mountains” at 6 p.m. tonight. Dr.